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~ BOSOM  id+ | VIRTUAL SPACE or CAVITY or
               CONCAVITY FORMED BY
               MATURE FEMININE MAMMAE |
  id+ | HOLLOW BETWEEN THE BREASTS |
  id+ | INTER MAMILLARY CLEAVAGE |   sug> BAY
  id+ | RECESS or ENCLOSED PLACE |   sug> GULF
  id+ | HUMAN MATURE FEMININE BREASTS |
  id+ | SOFT CHEST or BREAST or MAMMAE or MILK GLANDS |
  lat  SINUS     = CAVITY  also CURVE   sug> SINUSITIS
  sp   SENO        GULF  BAY  HOLLOW    sug> BASIN
       SENO        BREASTS              sug> SINUOUS
     ENSENADA      BAY                  sug> MAMMALIAN
       PECHO       BUST or              see> CHEST
  eng  BREAST      or                   sug> BREATH
  med> MAMMARY     or                   sug> MATERNAL
  sp   MAMA        MOTHER or            sug> MATERIAL
                   MAMILLA or           sug> MATTER
                   NIPPLE               sug> NURTURE
  note             SINUS gives rise to
  eng INSINUATE    from SINUOUS thus INDIRECT
        SENSATION  SENTIMENT SENSE
        SENSATE    RATIONAL
        SENSIBLE   and
        SENSORY    see> SINUS
  cont> see> CHEST

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