Metritis

//miˈtɹaɪtɪs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Inflammation of the uterus. countable, uncountable

    "The conjunctive tissue, young and succulent, then becomes hard and fibrous, and the uterus, on section, is pale, indurated and devoid of blood; that is chronic metritis which has reached the second period, or period of induration."

  2. 2
    inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium) wordnet

Example

More examples

"The conjunctive tissue, young and succulent, then becomes hard and fibrous, and the uterus, on section, is pale, indurated and devoid of blood; that is chronic metritis which has reached the second period, or period of induration."

Etymology

From metr- + -itis.

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