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pelvic inflammatory disease
Inflammatory process of infectious origin of the upper parts of the female genital system. It is also known as PID.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Disease
Level of specialization High
Definition source Diccionario panhispánico de términos médicos
Gender relationship Yes, woman
Specific to one sex Yes
Variants
Acronym
PID
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

EIP
enfermedad inflamatoria pélvica

Valenciano

malaltia inflamatòria pèlvica
Associated concepts
Type of
infection of the upper genital tract
Caused by
sexually transmitted infection
Chlamydia trachomatis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
vaginal flora bacteria
May cause
infertility
chronic pelvic pain
ectopic pregnancy
tubo-ovarian abscess
Presents the symptom
lower abdominal pain
pelvic pain
abnormal vaginal discharge
irregular vaginal bleeding
cervical motion tenderness
fever
Examples
 Women are at higher risks of ectopic pregnancy when they have history of pelvic inflammatory disease. 
Proximal tubal occlusion can be associated with endometriosis, whereas distal tubal occlusion tends to be secondary to pelvic inflammatory disease.
Collocations
WITH ADJECTIVES
chronic | acute pelvic inflammatory disease

WITH NOUNS
 history of pelvic inflammatory disease || risk of pelvic inflammatory disease