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Noun: pelvic inflammatory disease
  1. 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