mastitis
noun/mæˈstaɪtɪs/
/mæˈstaɪtɪs/
[uncountable] (medical)- painful swelling (= the condition of being larger or rounder than normal) of the breast or udder usually because of infectionWord Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek mastos ‘breast’ + -itis.
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