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mastitis

/mæsˈtaɪtɪs/

mastitis noun: inflammation of a breast.

Noun

mastitis (countable and uncountable, plural mastitides or mastitises)

  1. Inflammation of a breast.
    Synonyms:
    mammitis, garget

mastitis meaning in Tamil and Urdu

mastitis in Tamil

பால்மடி வீக்கம், மடி அழற்சி, மடி வீக்க நோய், மடியழற்சி, மலையழல், முலையழற்சி

mastitis in Urdu

پستانوں کی سوجن, ورم پستان

Synonyms of mastitis

Forms of mastitis

pluralmastitides
pluralmastitises

Origin of mastitis

From French mastite; by surface analysis, mast- + -itis, ""breast inflammation".

Words formed from mastitis

Questions about mastitis

What does mastitis mean?
Mastitis means inflammation of a breast.
What is mastitis in Tamil?
Mastitis in Tamil is பால்மடி வீக்கம், மடி அழற்சி, மடி வீக்க நோய். See Mastitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mastitis?
Mastitis is a noun.
How do you pronounce mastitis?
Mastitis is pronounced /mæsˈtaɪtɪs/.
What is the plural of mastitis?
The plural of mastitis is mastitides.

Words near mastitis in the dictionary

  1. mastings
  2. Mastino Napoletano
  3. Mastins
  4. mastitic
  5. mastitides
  6. mastitis
  7. mastitises
  8. mastives
  9. mastless
  10. mastlike
  11. mastlin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mastitis (page history and authors); mastitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mastitis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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