a painful hardening of one or more lobules of a lactating breast, caused by stagnation of milk in the secreting ducts and accumulation of blood in the expanded veins; stagnation mastitis.
Main Entry: caked breast Pronunciation: 'kAkt- Function: noun : a localized hardening in one or more segments of a lactating breast caused by accumulation ofblood in dilated veins and milk in obstructed ducts