Example Sentences

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If you have heterogeneously dense breast tissue and other risk factors, such as a mother or sister who had breast cancer, you should seek further screening, she advised.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

For those with dense breasts, it’s important to know that there are two levels of density: heterogeneously dense and extremely dense.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

I did have an elevated risk factor, though: that "heterogeneously dense" breast tissue that appeared in my mammogram.

From Salon • May 28, 2023

The results came back clear, but with a caveat—"the breast tissue is heterogeneously dense, which could obscure detection of small masses" — and a recommendation: a routine follow-up in one year.

From Salon • May 28, 2023

Instead of two articles of diet he appeared to have something heterogeneously one in flavor.

From Kenny by Nuyttens, Joseph Pierre