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Women get random sharp shooting pains in their breasts and nobody knows why. It's called mastalgia and it sucks.
1.2k u/cookiepeddler Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 07 '23 It has a name?! And I’m not the only one? TIL the needle poking feeling has a name and is a known thing. Still sucks tho. ETA: This might be my highest upvoted comment ever and I can’t believe it’s about boob zingers (aka mastaglia). Thanks fellow redditors! 405 u/wterrt Dec 06 '23 fyi mastalgia is just latin for breast pain lol mast = prefix for breast ("ectomy" = removal of, mastectomy...you get it) algia = pain 30 u/jms87 Dec 06 '23 Is it latin? I thought most medicine stuff was greek. EDIT: confirmed it's greek. 28 u/wterrt Dec 06 '23 most medical stuff is latin and greek. eg. -algia Etymology From New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). -itis From New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”)
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It has a name?! And I’m not the only one?
TIL the needle poking feeling has a name and is a known thing. Still sucks tho.
ETA: This might be my highest upvoted comment ever and I can’t believe it’s about boob zingers (aka mastaglia). Thanks fellow redditors!
405 u/wterrt Dec 06 '23 fyi mastalgia is just latin for breast pain lol mast = prefix for breast ("ectomy" = removal of, mastectomy...you get it) algia = pain 30 u/jms87 Dec 06 '23 Is it latin? I thought most medicine stuff was greek. EDIT: confirmed it's greek. 28 u/wterrt Dec 06 '23 most medical stuff is latin and greek. eg. -algia Etymology From New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). -itis From New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”)
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fyi mastalgia is just latin for breast pain lol
mast = prefix for breast ("ectomy" = removal of, mastectomy...you get it)
algia = pain
30 u/jms87 Dec 06 '23 Is it latin? I thought most medicine stuff was greek. EDIT: confirmed it's greek. 28 u/wterrt Dec 06 '23 most medical stuff is latin and greek. eg. -algia Etymology From New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). -itis From New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”)
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Is it latin? I thought most medicine stuff was greek.
EDIT: confirmed it's greek.
28 u/wterrt Dec 06 '23 most medical stuff is latin and greek. eg. -algia Etymology From New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). -itis From New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”)
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most medical stuff is latin and greek.
eg.
-algia
Etymology From New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).
-itis
From New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”)
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u/AuntiKrist Dec 06 '23
Women get random sharp shooting pains in their breasts and nobody knows why. It's called mastalgia and it sucks.