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Salpingitis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Inflammation of the fallopian or eustachian tube.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Inflammation of the Fallopian tube or the Eustachean tube as a result of infection.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Inflammation of the salpinx.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Inflammation of a Fallopian tube.

n. Inflammation of a Eustachian tube; syringitis.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube

Word Usage

"If the woman, during the course of the gonorrhea, had salpingitis, that is, an inflammation of the Fallopian tubes, then we can never say positively that she is cured; all we can say, at best, is: presumably cured."

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