Meanings
plural PIDs
- abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of pelvic inflammatory disease.
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Although both acute PID and STIs may remain asymptomatic, some of their shared long-term sequelae are tubal factor infertility (TFI), salpingitis, and adhesions and scarring of the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and surrounding peritoneal tissue. These sequelae have been further identified as factors potentially associated with EOC risk.
2023 December 11, Elizaveta Skarga, Heljä-Marja Surcel, Rudolf Kaaks, Tim Waterboer, Renée T Fortner, “Sexually Transmitted Infections and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Results From the Finnish Maternity Cohort”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 228, number 11, →DOI, pages 1621–1629 - abbreviationinitialismInitialism of personal identification device.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nouninflammation 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
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PID. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PID
“PID.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PID. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PID,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PID.
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