MASTITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mastitis mean? 

• MASTITIS (noun)
  The noun MASTITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of a breast (or udder)

  Familiarity information: MASTITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASTITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of a breast (or udder)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("mastitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

This agent is primarily used in the treatment of mastitis in cattle.

(Pirlimycin, NCI Thesaurus)

E. pseudoavium was isolated from bovine mastitis, but human infections are very rare.

(Enterococcus pseudoavium, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of non-neoplastic disorders include fibrocystic disease, gynecomastia, and mastitis.

(Breast Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include fibrocystic disease, gynecomastia, mastitis, and adenosis.

(Non-Neoplastic Breast Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)