mastitis
MONDO:0006849Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names mastitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Inflammation of breast tissue during lactation or postpartum due to an obstructed duct or infection. Mastitis can also occur in non-breastfeeding women, and rarely in men.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006849), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- Located in (Mondo)
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (1)
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: mastitis
- Also called
- breast infectionbreast inflammationinflammation of breastinflammatory disease of breast