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Inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube
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salpingitis
Word definitions for salpingitis in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Salpingitis \Sal`pin*gi"tis\, n. [NL. See Salpinx , and -itis .] (Med.) Inflammation of the salpinx.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) inflammation of the Fallopian tube or the Eustachean tube as a result of infection.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Salpingitis is an infection and inflammation in the fallopian tubes . It is often used synonymously with pelvic inflammatory disease ( PID ), although PID lacks an accurate definition and can refer to several diseases of the female upper genital tract, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube
Usage examples of salpingitis.
TB salpingitis is supposed to be rare, especially in a healthy nation like the United States.
Four cases of isolated TB salpingitis took her case out of the realm of anomaly and suggested a possible trend of public health importance.
TB salpingitis from all around the country, although mostly on the West and East coasts.
It meant that the incidence of TB salpingitis could no longer be dismissed as a statistical fluke.