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PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
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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)
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)
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