Definition of Endocervicitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of the mucous lining of the uterine cervix.

Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor

Definition of Endocervicitis

1. Noun. (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Endocervicitis

1. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the cervix uteri. Synonym: endotrachelitis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endocervicitis

endocarditis chordalis
endocarditises
endocardium
endocarp
endocarps
endocast
endocasts
endocavitary
endoceliac
endocellular
endocentric
endocervical
endocervical curettage
endocervical sinus tumour
endocervicitis (current term)
endocervix
endochondral
endochondral bone
endochrome
endochromes
endocolitis
endocon
endocons
endocrania
endocranial
endocranium
endocrinal
endocrine

Literary usage of Endocervicitis

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

1. Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1915)
"Here are found acute endocervicitis (septic and gonorrhoea! ... In endocervicitis the process is not confined to the cervical mucosa ..."

2. Transactions of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association (1906)
"CHRONIC endocervicitis. A NEW METHOD OF TREATMENT WITH NEW INSTRUMENTS. ... There are four ways of determining whether or not chronic endocervicitis may ..."

3. The Treatment of Pelvic Inflammations Through the Vagina by William Rice Pryor (1899)
"In the mature woman septic endocervicitis does not often exist alone, ... Where the gono-- coccus is the cause of the inflammation, endocervicitis very ..."

4. The Diagnosis of diseases of women by Palmer Findley (1905)
"endocervicitis is an inflammatory lesion confined to the cervical canal. Part or all of the cervical endometrium may be involved, the extent of the lesion ..."

5. Practical gynecology by Edward Emmet Montgomery (1900)
"endocervicitis—Chronic Cervical Catarrh—Cervical Endometritis.—This is an inflammatory process which involves the mucous membrane of the cervical canal. ..."

6. A Digest of External Therapeutics: With Numerous Formulæ Arranged for Reference by Egbert Guernsey Rankin (1900)
"CHRONIC endocervicitis, AND CERVICITIS AND EROSION. Remove the plug of mucus from the cervix with cotton on an applicator, and thoroughly cleanse before ..."

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