mastitis

English

Etymology

From French mastite, derived from Ancient Greek masto- +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæsˈtaɪtɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

mastitis (countable and uncountable, plural mastitides or mastitises)

1. (pathology) Inflammation of a breast.

Synonyms

• mammitis, garget

Derived terms

• cystic mastitis

Translations

inflammation of a breast or udder

• Catalan: mastitis f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乳腺炎 (zh) (rǔxiànyán)

• Czech: mastitida (cs) f
• Dutch: mastitis (nl) f, borstontsteking (nl) f
• Esperanto: mastito
• Finnish: rintatulehdus, mastiitti (fi)
• French: mastite (fr) m
• German: Mastitis (de) f, Mastadenitis (de) f
• Greek: μαστίτις f (mastítis)
• Japanese: 乳腺炎 (にゅうせんえん, nyūsen'en)
• Maori: mate ū
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mastitt m

  Nynorsk: mastitt m

• Russian: масти́т (ru) m (mastít), грудни́ца (ru) f (grudníca)
• Spanish: mastitis f
• Swedish: mastit, bröstkörtelinflammation

Catalan

Etymology

From masto- +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məsˈti.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [masˈti.tis]

Noun

mastitis f (invariable)

1. (pathology) mastitis

Further reading

• “mastitis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Etymology

From masto- +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˈtitis/ [masˈt̪i.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: mas‧ti‧tis

Noun

mastitis f (plural mastitis)

1. (pathology) mastitis

Further reading

• “mastitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28