HyperDic: pelvic_inflammatory_disease

English > 1 sense of the expression *pelvic inflammatory disease*:
NOUN	state	pelvic inflammatory disease, PID	inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia)

English > *pelvic inflammatory disease*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge.
Synonym	PID
Broader	inflammatory disease	A disease characterized by inflammation
Catalan	malaltia inflamatòria pelviana