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myometritis

myometritis

9.9
An inflammation of the muscle of the womb
  • noun
  • /ˌmaɪoʊməˈtraɪtɪs/
  • Specialized
: miometritis
  • Symptoms of myometritis may include pelvic pain and fever.

Examples

  • Antibiotics are commonly used to treat myometritis in women after childbirth.

  • The patient was diagnosed with myometritis following a postpartum infection.

  • Don't ignore the signs of myometritis!

  • The doctor diagnosed her with myometritis after the examination.

  • Antibiotics are commonly used to treat myometritis in women after childbirth.

  • Symptoms of myometritis may include pelvic pain and fever.

  • The patient was diagnosed with myometritis following a postpartum infection.

Surface Forms

myometritis singular
myometritides plural

Morphology

myometritis = myometrium (opaque) = myo + metr + itis

Although formed by regular medical combining forms (myo- + metr- + -itis) the component terms and the anatomical base are specialized vocabulary not transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Myometritis comes from three Greek parts: myo- 'muscle', metri- 'womb', and -itis 'inflammation', and you can see -itis in words like tonsillitis. So, myometritis means 'inflammation of the womb muscle'.