salpingitis
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- salpingitic adjective
Etymology
Origin of salpingitis
1860–65; salping- ( def. ) + -itis
Example Sentences
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Sometimes the inflammation extends to the tubes—salpingitis—or, passing outward through the fimbriated extremities, it may spread over the adjacent peritoneum.
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The pneumococcus, pathogenetic of pneumonia, is met with in many other diseases, such as pleurisy, salpingitis, meningitis, etc.
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Acute septic salpingitis is ushered in by a rigor, the temperature rising to 103�, 104� F., with severe pain and constitutional disturbance.
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On the other hand, she may have had a severe salpingitis on both sides and still be fertile.
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In rare cases they pass by the Fallopian tube to the peritoneal cavity and excite salpingitis and peritonitis.
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