| bovine mastitis | A disease complex which occurs in acute, gangrenous, chronic, and subclinical forms of inflammation of the bovine udder, and is due to a variety of infectious agents; animal care, hygiene, and management are important factors in this dairy cow disease of great economic importance. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| gargantuan mastitis | An obsolete term for chronic inflammation of the breast with great enlargement of the gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parenchymatous mastitis | Inflammation of the secreting tissue of the breast. Synonym: glandular mastitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mastitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the mammary gland or breast. (18 Nov 1997) |
| mastitis neonatorum | Mastitis in the secreting breast tissue of the newborn, usually staphylococcal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandular mastitis | Inflammation of the secreting tissue of the breast. Synonym: glandular mastitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retromammary mastitis | Inflammation of the tissues lying deep to the mammary gland. Synonym: retromammary mastitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granulomatous mastitis | A rare granulomatous inflammation of lobular breast tissue, with multinucleated giant cells; sarcoidosis is excluded by the frequent presence of neutrophils and absence of involvement of other tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic cystic mastitis | Older term corresponding to fibrocystic condition of the breast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlegmonous mastitis | Old term for abscess or cellulitis of the breast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plasma cell mastitis | A condition of the breasts characterised by tumourlike indurated masses containing numerous plasma cells, usually resulting from mammary duct ectasia; although clinically resembling malignant disease (attachment to skin and enlargement of axillary lymph nodes), it is not neoplastic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stagnation mastitis | Painful distention of the breast occurring during the latter days of pregnancy and the first days of lactation. Synonym: caked breast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| submammary mastitis | Inflammation of the tissues lying deep to the mammary gland. Synonym: retromammary mastitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative mastitis | Inflammation of the breast due to infection with pyogenic bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interstitial mastitis | Inflammation of the connective tissue of the mammary gland. (05 Mar 2000) |