"endometriosis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛndoʊˌmiːtɹiˈoʊsɪs/ (note: non-merged vowel), /ˌɛndoʊˌmiːtɹiˈoʊsəs/ (note: merged vowel) Forms: endometrioses [plural]
Etymology: From endometrium + -osis. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|endometrium|osis}} endometrium + -osis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|endometrioses}} endometriosis (countable and uncountable, plural endometrioses)
  1. (medicine, pathology) A condition characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; an instance of such presence. Wikipedia link: endometriosis Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Pathology Hypernyms: adenomyosis Derived forms: endometriotic Related terms: endometrium, endometritis, metrorrhagia, ectopia, endometrial cavity, müllerianosis Translations (endometrium condition): endometrioz (Azerbaijani), endometriosi [feminine] (Catalan), 子宮內膜異位 (Chinese Mandarin), 子宫内膜异位 (zǐgōng nèimó yìwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), endometrióza [feminine] (Czech), endometrioosi (Finnish), endométriose [feminine] (French), endometriose [feminine] (Galician), Endometriose [feminine] (German), ενδομητρίωση (endomitríosi) [feminine] (Greek), endometriózis (Hungarian), endometriosi [feminine] (Italian), kōpū whakatupu pūtautau (Maori), эндометриоз (endometrioz) (Mongolian), endometriose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), endometrioza [feminine] (Polish), endometriose [feminine] (Portuguese), endometrioză [feminine] (Romanian), эндометрио́з (endometrióz) [masculine] (Russian), endometrióza [feminine] (Slovak), endometrioza [feminine] (Slovene), endometriosis [feminine] (Spanish), endometriozis (Turkish)

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