mastalgia
noun[U]
medicalspecializeduk/mæsˈtæl.dʒə/us/mæsˈtæl.dʒə/painin thebreast:
Breastpain,knownas mastalgia,affectstwo out of three women at somepointintheirlives.
Mastalgia isgenerallyclassifiedas eithercyclical(associatedwithmenstrualperiods) or non-cyclical.
- Some womencomplainof oestrogen-inducedoedemaor mastalgia.
- Symptomsincludenervoustension,irritability, mastalgia,oedema, andheadache.
- Breastchangesincludemastalgia (breastpain) andbreastenlargement.
- Gamolenicacid(GLA) has beenshowntohelpwith mastalgia andstomachcrampsassociatedwithPMS.
Pain & painful
- -racked
- agonizing
- be murder onsomethingidiom
- brain freeze
- cluster headache
- dull
- dully
- dysmenorrhea
- excruciating
- grief
- groan
- neuralgia
- pang
- rawness
- sciatic
- sharpness
- soreness
- sting
- stitch
- tingle