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pelvic inflammatory disease

DEFINITIONS OF: pelvic inflammatory disease

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n 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:
PID
Type of:
inflammatory disease
a disease characterized by inflammation
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