salpingitis
[sal-pin-jahy-tis]
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noun Pathology.
inflammation of a salpinx.
Origin of salpingitis
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A salpingitis has the same effect in causing sterility in the female as has an epididymitis in the male.
WomanWilliam J. Robinson
In acute cases of salpingitis the cœlomic ostium is open and the infective material can be seen leaking from it (Fig. 3).
Salpingitis, sal-pin-jī′tis, n. inflammation of a Fallopian tube.
salpingitis
noun
Word Origin for salpingitis
C19: from salpinx + -itis
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salpingitis
[săl′pĭn-jī′tĭs]
n.
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