What is the meaning of pelvic inflammatory disease?

noun

  • 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).
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