metritis

English

Etymology

From metr- +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈtɹaɪtɪs/

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Noun

metritis (countable and uncountable, plural metritides)

1. (medicine) Inflammation of the uterus.

   Synonyms: uteritis, hysteritis (obsolete)

   Hypernyms: metropathy < inflammation < condition

   Hyponyms: endometritis, myometritis

   • 1888, Georges Apostoli, On a New Treatment of Chronic Metritis:

     The conjunctive tissue, young and succulent, then becomes hard and fibrous, and the uterus, on section, is pale, indurated and devoid of blood; that is chronic metritis which has reached the second period, or period of induration.

   • 2008, Thomas J. Divers, Rebhun's Diseases of Dairy Cattle, page 411:

     The use of systemic antibiotics is justified and often required for metritis that causes systemic illness.

Derived terms

• mesometritis
• parametritis

Related terms

• endometriosis

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈtɾitis/ [meˈt̪ɾi.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: me‧tri‧tis

Noun

metritis f (plural metritis)

1. (medicine) metritis
   • 1914, Tercer Censo Nacional, volume 2, Buenos Aires, page 20:

     Las enfermedades de las vias urinarias son escasas; los càlculos raros. En las mujeres es la metritis subaguda frecuente, pero la metro-peritonitis es rara después del parto, que es generalmente fácil.

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Further reading

• “metritis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025