Noun: pelvic inflammatory disease
- 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
"She was hospitalized with severe pelvic inflammatory disease";
- PID
Derived forms: pelvic inflammatory diseases
Type of: inflammatory disease
Encyclopedia: Pelvic inflammatory disease