Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The presence of pus in a Fallopian tube.
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- noun A
distally blocked Fallopian tube filled withpus .
Etymologies
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pyo- + salpinx
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The _post-operative_ form of parotitis is most frequently met with after laparotomy for such conditions as suppurative appendicitis, perforated gastric ulcer, ovarian cyst, and pyosalpinx.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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