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CSP: squeezing together; the exertion of pressure on a body in such a way as to tend to increase its density; the decrease in a dimension of a body under the action of two external forces directed toward one another in the same straight line.,NCI: A pressing or squeezing together. In medicine, it can describe a structure, such as a tumor, that presses on another part of the body, such as a nerve. It can also describe the flattening of soft tissue, such as the breast, that occurs during a mammogram (x-ray of the breast).,NCI: The act, process, or result of pressing together, flattening, or condensing, particularly, increasing an external physical pressure on a body structure. Also refers to the reduction in the volume of a body or substance and augmentation of its density due to pressure.