Pid
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of pelvic inflammatory disease. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Although both acute PID and STIs may remain asymptomatic, some of their shared long-term sequelae are tubal factor infertility (TFI), salpingitis, and adhesions and scarring of the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and surrounding peritoneal tissue. These sequelae have been further identified as factors potentially associated with EOC risk."
- 2 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 wordnet
- 3 Initialism of personal identification device. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 Initialism of principal ideal domain. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 Initialism of process identifier. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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- 6 Initialism of proportional integral derivative. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 7 Initialism of piping and instrumentation diagram. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 8 Initialism of photoionization detector. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
More examples"Although both acute PID and STIs may remain asymptomatic, some of their shared long-term sequelae are tubal factor infertility (TFI), salpingitis, and adhesions and scarring of the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and surrounding peritoneal tissue. These sequelae have been further identified as factors potentially associated with EOC risk."
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