Salpingitis
noun, Pathology.
1.
inflammation of a salpinx.
noun
1.
inflammation of a Fallopian tube
salpingitis sal·pin·gi·tis (sāl’pĭn-jī’tĭs)
n.
Inflammation of a fallopian tube or eustachian tube.
sal’pin·git’ic (-jĭt’ĭk) adj.
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