mastitis
Americannoun
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Pathology. inflammation of the breast.
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Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder, especially of cows; garget.
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The outbreak first emerged in dairy cattle in the Texas Panhandle, where animals developed severe cases of necrotizing mastitis, a painful inflammatory disease that damages tissue in the mammary glands.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
In detention, Flores said, she began to suffer a painful swelling, which she believed could have been mastitis brought on by her inability to nurse her baby.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
A government spokesperson said the infected sheep was a female who had been showing signs of mastitis, an inflammation of the breast tissue.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
A new mother stands in a drugstore, holding a screaming infant as she fights mastitis, desperate to feed her baby.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
For the baby's mouth contains bacteria which while harmless in themselves may if they get into the cracks of the nipple set up an inflammation of the breast or "mastitis" and cause an abscess.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
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