Definition of Oophoritis

1. Noun. Inflammation of one or both ovaries.

Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor

Definition of Oophoritis

1. Noun. (medicine) Inflammation of the ovaries. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Oophoritis

1. Ovaritis. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Egg + to bear + -itis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oophoritis

oooh
ooooh
oop
ooped
oophagia
oophagy
oophor-
oophoralgia
oophorectomies
oophorectomy
oophoric
oophoridia
oophoridium
oophoritic cyst
oophoritis (current term)
oophoro-
oophorocystectomy
oophorocystosis
oophorohysterectomy
oophoroma
oophoron
oophorons
oophoropathy
oophoropeliopexy
oophoropexy
oophoroplasty
oophororrhaphy
oophorosalpingectomy
oophorosalpingitis

Literary usage of Oophoritis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gynecology by Brooke Melancthon Anspach (1921)
"CHAPTER XX DISEASES OF THE OVARIES INFLAMMATORY DISEASES Acute Interstitial oophoritis—Etiology.—Acute interstitial oophoritis may be caused by the direct ..."

2. A Text-book of practical medicine, with particular reference to physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1883)
"Parturition, with its sequela, most frequently causes oophoritis; but, as we exclude ... The best- known causes of non-puerperal oophoritis are injurious ..."

3. A Textbook of the diseases of women by Henry Jacques Garrigues (1894)
"oophoritis. oophoritis, the inflammation of the ovary, may be acute or chronic. A. Acute oophoritis and Ovarian Abscess. The inflammation may begin on the ..."

4. Manual of Gynecology by Henry Turman Byford (1902)
"oophoritis occurring as a complication of salpingitis has been described (chap, x, ... Acute oophoritis is seldom Acute observed except in connection with ..."

5. Gonorrhea in Women: Its Pathology, Symptomatology, Diagnosis, and Treatment by Charles Camblos Norris (1913)
"As a result, a peri-oophoritis develops, and the ovary may become adherent to the ... In pelvic inflammatory disease peri-oophoritis is the most frequent ..."

6. A Text-book of Diseases of Women by Charles Bingham Penrose (1908)
"The cases in which the pessary does good are those in which there is a primary uterine displacement. INFLAMMATION OF THE OVARY; oophoritis OR ..."

7. On the Constitutional Treatment of Female Diseases by Edward Rigby (1857)
"The usual circumstances under which we meet acute oophoritis in the ... However variable and numerous may be the causes of chronic or subacute oophoritis, ..."

8. A Text-book of practical gynecology by David Tod Gilliam (1907)
"sionally accompanied or followed by oophoritis, but where opportunity is ... The bacteria concerned in the production of oophoritis are practically the same ..."

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