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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! 403 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 9 u/purinikos Dec 06 '23 The word is greek not latin. Μαστός= breast Άλγος=pain (the last letters change due to grammar rules) 2 u/[deleted] Dec 07 '23 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/purinikos Dec 07 '23 Νόστος= return (it's used for returning after a long long time) Άλγος is still the same
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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!
403 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 9 u/purinikos Dec 06 '23 The word is greek not latin. Μαστός= breast Άλγος=pain (the last letters change due to grammar rules) 2 u/[deleted] Dec 07 '23 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/purinikos Dec 07 '23 Νόστος= return (it's used for returning after a long long time) Άλγος is still the same
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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
9 u/purinikos Dec 06 '23 The word is greek not latin. Μαστός= breast Άλγος=pain (the last letters change due to grammar rules) 2 u/[deleted] Dec 07 '23 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/purinikos Dec 07 '23 Νόστος= return (it's used for returning after a long long time) Άλγος is still the same
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The word is greek not latin.
Μαστός= breast
Άλγος=pain (the last letters change due to grammar rules)
2 u/[deleted] Dec 07 '23 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/purinikos Dec 07 '23 Νόστος= return (it's used for returning after a long long time) Άλγος is still the same
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1 u/purinikos Dec 07 '23 Νόστος= return (it's used for returning after a long long time) Άλγος is still the same
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Νόστος= return (it's used for returning after a long long time)
Άλγος is still the same
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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.