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pelvic inflammatory disease   n.   Abbr. PID Inflammation of the female genital tract, especially of the fallopian tubes, caused by any of several microorganisms, chiefly chlamydia and gonococci, and characterized by severe abdominal pain, high fever, vaginal discharge, and in some cases destruction of tissue that can result in sterility.

pelvic inflammatory disease

Inflammation of the female genital tract, especially the fallopian tubes. It is characterized by severe abdominal pain and high fever and in some cases the deterioration of tissue that can lead to sterility.

Main Entry: pelvic inflammatory disease
Function: noun
: infection of the female reproductive tract (as the fallopian tubes and ovaries) that results especially frommicroorganisms transmitted during sexual intercourse, surgery, abortion, or parturition, that is marked especially by lower abdominal pain, an abnormal vaginal discharge, and fever, and that is aleading cause of infertility in women —abbreviation PID

pelvic inflammatory disease n.

Abbr. PID Inflammation of the female genital tract, especially of the fallopian tubes, caused by any of several microorganisms, chiefly chlamydia and gonococci, and characterized by severe abdominal pain, high fever, vaginal discharge, and in some cases destruction of tissue that can result in sterility.

pelvic inflammatory disease   (pěl'vĭk)  Pronunciation Key  An infection of the female genital tract, especially of the fallopian tubes, caused by any of several sexually transmitted microorganisms, especially the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and characterized by severe abdominal pain, fever, vaginal discharge, and, in some cases, scarring that can cause infertility.

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