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PID

PID

3 6.4
An infection in a woman's lower belly that causes pain, fever and unusual vaginal discharge
  • noun
  • /piː aɪ diː/
  • Specialized
translation icon : enfermedad inflamatoria pélvica
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and epididymitis, in women and men respectively, are the most common complications of untreated chlamydia.

Examples

  • Doctors often recommend regular screenings to detect infections that may result in PID.

  • Do you have PID?

    The Outpost (2020)

  • With each episode of reinfection, the risk of pelvic pain increases, affecting other women with suspected PID.

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  • A woman's routine probably travels to those who have had PID, which will affect women with tubal infertility.

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  • Was it untreated PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) which can develop from untreated GC (gonorrhea)?

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  • If left untreated, chlamydia can lead to PID, causing significant abdominal pain.

  • Many women experience symptoms of PID, including fever and unusual vaginal discharge.

Synonyms

pelvic inflammatory disease
vsPID
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A serious infection in a woman's lower belly that causes pain, fever, and unusual vaginal discharge

is the shortened form used as the abbreviation of that medical term

Surface Forms

PID singular
PIDs plural

Etymology

PID is a three-letter medical short form of pelvic inflammatory disease. The part pelvic points to the lower belly area, inflammatory means 'swelling' and often pain, and disease means 'illness', so PID stands for an infection that affects the pelvic area.