Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of a mammary gland or udder, usually caused by infection.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of the mammary gland. Also called
mammitis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the breast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Inflammation of abreast .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of a breast (or udder)
Etymologies
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Examples
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One is that oftentimes, there is a condition known as mastitis, which is just an infection of the breast.
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I've heard the word mastitis pronounced a variety of ways by many different people, but the only thi ... brit on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 6: 17 pm and is filed under CommentLuv which will try and parse your last blog post, please be patient while it finds it for you
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Then I got mastitis, which is clinically defined as a breast infection, in my case from a clogged milk duct.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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Then I got mastitis, which is clinically defined as a breast infection, in my case from a clogged milk duct.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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This also could be benign rashes, poison ivy or even mastitis, which is an inflammation of the breast.
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Both microbes, however, are known to afflict dairy cows, sheep and goats with a serious bacterial infection called mastitis, an inflammation of the udder, which costs the global dairy industry billions in lost revenue every year.
innovations-report 2009
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Both microbes, however, are known to afflict dairy cows, sheep and goats with a serious bacterial infection called mastitis, an inflammation of the udder, which costs the global dairy industry billions in lost revenue every year.
innovations-report 2009
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Her immune system is greatly compromised, and she becomes susceptible to a number of crushing diseases, such as mastitis (painful swelling of the udder), ketosis (disease of the liver), laminitis or lameness (resulting from metabolic strain), "milk fever" (unnatural loss of calcium from the blood supply), and infertility.
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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.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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