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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, inflammation of the endometrium.

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  • noun (Med.) Inflammation of the endometrium.

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  • noun medicine inflammation of the endometrium

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  • noun inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium)

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Examples

  • Among the more common reasons are hormone imbalance caused by your body secreting too much estrogen or not enough progesterone; the effects of hormone pills; fibroids; polyps; adenomyosis (see page 209); infection; abnormal growth of the uterine lining (endometrium); chronic endometritis (inflammation or infection of the lining of the uterus); and thyroid hormonal changes.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Among the more common reasons are hormone imbalance caused by your body secreting too much estrogen or not enough progesterone; the effects of hormone pills; fibroids; polyps; adenomyosis (see page 209); infection; abnormal growth of the uterine lining (endometrium); chronic endometritis (inflammation or infection of the lining of the uterus); and thyroid hormonal changes.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Among the more common reasons are hormone imbalance caused by your body secreting too much estrogen or not enough progesterone; the effects of hormone pills; fibroids; polyps; adenomyosis (see page 209); infection; abnormal growth of the uterine lining (endometrium); chronic endometritis (inflammation or infection of the lining of the uterus); and thyroid hormonal changes.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Among the more common reasons are hormone imbalance caused by your body secreting too much estrogen or not enough progesterone; the effects of hormone pills; fibroids; polyps; adenomyosis (see page 209); infection; abnormal growth of the uterine lining (endometrium); chronic endometritis (inflammation or infection of the lining of the uterus); and thyroid hormonal changes.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • The causes of miscarriages are many: Disease of the embryo, imperfect fetal development, some constitutional disease of the mother, a faulty position of the uterus, or it may result from something unusual about the lining of the uterus such as an endometritis -- an inflammation of the mucus membrane.

    The Mother and Her Child William S. Sadler

  • (_Medical Standard_, Dec., 1896), considers that unsatisfied sexual desire is an important cause of catarrhal endometritis.

    Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899

  • From an examination it appeared that a neglected lacerated cervix during the birth of the last child had given rise to endometritis, and for a year the patient had suffered from severe menorrhagia, for which she was subsequently treated.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • From an examination it appeared that a neglected lacerated cervix during the birth of the last child had given rise to endometritis, and for a year the patient had suffered from severe menorrhagia, for which she was subsequently treated.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • If the healthy ovule is formed, and passes into the uterus, the latter does not allow its imbedding, on account of severe endometritis, profuse secretion, etc.

    Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877

  • She had been married at the age of twenty-two, and since the birth of her last child had suffered much from various uterine troubles, described to me by her medical attendant as 'ulceration, perimetritis, and endometritis.'

    Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria John K. [Editor] Mitchell 1871

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