mastitis
Noun
Meaning
Inflammation of the breast.
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Examples
A dairy producer may underestimate how costly a case of clinical mastitis is.
And then, either because of the hospitalizations (I was hospitalized again when my daughter was just a weeks' old, this time with mastitis) that messed with my mind or the depression or just because stubborn, I refused a babysitter of any kind.
If plugged milk ducts are not properly tended to, they can become quite uncomfortable and sometimes lead to mastitis.
She spent time discussing mastitis, describing the differences between clinical and subclinical cases, and stressed the cost of mastitis to the dairy farmer.
The startup is measuring fats and proteins, as well as for the onset of mastitis indicated by an elevated white blood cell count, reproductive status and antibiotic residuals.
Left untreated, mastitis can lead to terrible outcomes, like abscesses, impaired milk production, and even breast surgery.