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1. (n.) salpingitis
inflammation of a salpinx.
Etymology: (1860–65)
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1. (noun) salpingitis
inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube
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1. (noun) Salpingitis
inflammation of the salpinx
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Salpingitis
Inflammation of the uterine salpinx, the trumpet-shaped FALLOPIAN TUBES, usually caused by ascending infections of organisms from the lower reproductive tract. Salpingitis can lead to tubal scarring, hydrosalpinx, tubal occlusion, INFERTILITY, and ectopic pregnancy (PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC)
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