SALPINGITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does salpingitis mean? 

• SALPINGITIS (noun)
  The noun SALPINGITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube

  Familiarity information: SALPINGITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALPINGITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("salpingitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include acute and chronic salpingitis, salpingitis isthmica nodosa, and endometriosis.

(Fallopian Tube Non-Neoplastic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of non-neoplastic disorders include salpingitis and endometriosis.

(Fallopian Tube Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)