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Related to salpingitis: salpingitis isthmica nodosa, eustachian salpingitis
salpingitis
[sal″pin-ji´tis]1. inflammation of a fallopian tube.
2. inflammation of the eustachian tube.
mural salpingitis (parenchymatous salpingitis) pachysalpingitis.
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sal·pin·gi·tis
(sal'pin-jī'tis),1. Inflammation of the uterine tube.
2. Inflammation of the pharyngotympanic tube.
[salping- + G. -itis, inflammation]
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salpingitis
(săl′pĭn-jī′tĭs)n.
Inflammation of the fallopian or eustachian tube.
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salpingitis
ENTAn obsolete term for inflammatiooccidianustachian tube.
Gynaecology
(1) Inflammation of the fallopian tube.
(2) Pelvic inflammatory disease.
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sal·pin·gi·tis
(sal'pin-jī'tis)Inflammation of the uterine or the auditory tube.
[salping- + G. -itis, inflammation]
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salpingitis
Inflammation of a FALLOPIAN TUBE, usually as a result of infection that has spread from the vagina or womb (uterus). Salpingitis may be caused by chlamydial infection, GONORRHOEA or an infection acquired after childbirth.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
Salpingitis
Inflammation of the fallopian tube.
Mentioned in: Ectopic Pregnancy
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