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PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge

Synonyms:

pelvic inflammatory disease; PID

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pelvic inflammatory disease" is a kind of...):

inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)

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 Context examples: 

Representative examples include endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and endometritis.

(Female Non-Neoplastic Reproductive System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called pelvic inflammatory disease.

(PID, NCI Dictionary)