metritis

American  

[mi-trahy-tis] / mɪˈtraɪ tɪs /

noun

Pathology.

1. inflammation of the uterus.

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metritis British  

/ mɪˈtraɪtɪs /

noun

1. inflammation of the uterus

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Etymology

Origin of metritis

From New Latin, dating back to 1835–45; metr-, -itis

Example Sentences

Franck records three instances of rapidly fatal metritis in cows, all of which had been poisoned from an adjacent cow with retained and putrid afterbirth.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

The changes which are designated under the term metritis consist in the first place of oedematous infiltration of the tissues.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

When, therefore, during an attack of septic metritis a condition of laminitis supervenes, we are justified in attributing it to the escape of septic matter from the already infected uterus.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

Discharge of Vaginal Parietes.—Longhi describes the case of a woman of twenty-seven, an epileptic, with metritis and copious catamenia twice a month.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Examination showed: metritis following upon sub-involution of the uterus, anteversion with prolapsus of the whole organ.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock