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
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 Alexis Thomson
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