Meanings
nounmastitis (countable and uncountable, plural mastitides or mastitises)
plural mastitides · plural mastitises
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Frenchmastite
- Englishmastitis
From French mastite; by surface analysis, mast- + -itis, ""breast inflammation".
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan mastitis
- mastitisinflammation of a breast or udder
Chinese Mandarin 乳腺炎
- 乳腺炎 (rǔxiànyán)inflammation of a breast or udder
Czech mastitida
- mastitidainflammation of a breast or udder
Dutch mastitis, borstontsteking
- mastitisinflammation of a breast or udder
- borstontstekinginflammation of a breast or udder
Esperanto mastito
- mastitoinflammation of a breast or udder
Finnish rintatulehdus, mastiitti
- rintatulehdusinflammation of a breast or udder
- mastiittiinflammation of a breast or udder
French mastite
- mastiteinflammation of a breast or udder
German Mastitis, Mastadenitis
- Mastitisinflammation of a breast or udder
- Mastadenitisinflammation of a breast or udder
Greek μαστίτις
- μαστίτις (mastítis)inflammation of a breast or udder
Japanese 乳腺炎
- 乳腺炎 (nyūsen'en)inflammation of a breast or udder
Māori mate ū
- mate ūinflammation of a breast or udder
Norwegian Bokmål mastitt
- mastittinflammation of a breast or udder
Russian масти́т, грудни́ца
- масти́т (mastít)inflammation of a breast or udder
- грудни́ца (grudníca)inflammation of a breast or udder
Spanish mastitis
- mastitisinflammation of a breast or udder
Swedish mastit, bröstkörtelinflammation
- mastitinflammation of a breast or udder
- bröstkörtelinflammationinflammation of a breast or udder
Cite this entry
APA
mastitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastitis
MLA
“mastitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastitis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mastitis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastitis.
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