Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of the uterus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of the uterus, especially of its middle coat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the womb.
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- noun medicine
inflammation of thewomb
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium)
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Examples
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Your mare retained her afterbirth when she foaled and she developed metritis.
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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It is the laminitis known to veterinary surgeons as 'metastatic,' and perhaps the two most notable examples of it are the laminitis following a prolonged attack of pneumonia, and the 'Parturient Laminitis' occurring as a concomitant of septic metritis.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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When, therefore, during an attack of septic metritis a condition of laminitis supervenes, we are justified in attributing it to the escape of septic matter from the already infected uterus.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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Neither can it be advocated in the laminitis occurring as a sequel to septic metritis or to pneumonia.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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-- Longhi 13.120 describes the case of a woman of twenty-seven, an epileptic, with metritis and copious catamenia twice a month.
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-- Longhi describes the case of a woman of twenty-seven, an epileptic, with metritis and copious catamenia twice a month.
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This practice should be strongly condemned on account of its dangerous consequences -- metritis, peritonitis and often death.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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More than this, in a not limited experience among these people, I have met with but two or three cases of uterine disease, and am prepared to assert that metritis, oöphoritis, and kindred maladies, are exceptionally rare. ''
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This infection often leads to disease of the upper female genital tract, which can be called pelvic inflammatory disease or metritis
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles I. Martin Sheldon et al. 2010
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(PID; metritis) or endometritis affects ~40% of cattle after parturition.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles I. Martin Sheldon et al. 2010
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