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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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
Emma feels like breastfeeding is not an option for her, after she contracted mastitis while breastfeeding her first child.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023
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
She’s also working with dairy veterinarians to better understand mastitis, a common but painful inflammation of breast tissue, to come up with improved treatments and design a better breast pump for women.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2022
A similar enlargement is met with in the axilla in cases of chronic interstitial mastitis, and in the groin as a result of chronic irritation about the external genitals, such as balanitis.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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