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PID

Dictionary entry overview: What does PID mean?

• PID (noun)
The noun PID has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge

Familiarity information: PID used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pelvic inflammatory disease; PID

Hypernyms ("PID" is a kind of...):

inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)

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