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adenomyosis
A benign condition of the uterus consisting of infiltration of the myometrium by endometrial tissue, its most common clinical manifestation is dysmenorrhoea and menorrhagia.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Disease
Level of specialization High
Definition source DMT
Gender relationship Yes, woman
Specific to one sex Yes
Variants
Synonym
adenomyosis uteri
Formal
diffuse adenomyosis
Formal
focal adenomyosis
Formal
internal adenomyosis
Formal
uterine adenomyosis
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

adenomiosis

Valenciano

adenomiosi
Associated concepts
Type of
uterine disorder
May cause
dysmenorrhea
menorrhagia
infertility
pelvic pain
Examples
Adenomyosis, an estrogen-responsive disorder, is closely associated with infertility and implantation failure in IVF.
Impaired estrogen receptor function and defective decidualization are recognized as significant contributing factors to the pathophysiology of adenomyosis.
Collocations
WITH ADJECTIVES
diffuse | focal | localized | internal | external || severe adenomyosis
WITH NOUNS
adenomyosis patient | adenomyosis lesion | adenomyosis diagnosis | adenomyosis treatment | adenomyosis pathogenesis
WITH VERBS
diagnose | treat | define | associate with adenomyosis
adenomyosis affects | occurs | is