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Endometriosis

Obstetrics & GynecologyImportant

A condition in which tissue resembling the uterine lining grows outside the uterus, causing pain and sometimes infertility.

Korean

자궁내막증

자궁내막과 비슷한 조직이 자궁 밖에서 자라 통증과 때로 불임을 일으키는 질환.

French

Endométriose

Affection dans laquelle un tissu semblable à la muqueuse utérine se développe hors de l'utérus, causant douleur et parfois infertilité.

Word parts

  • endo-Prefix(Greek) Within, inside
  • metr/oRoot(Greek) Uterus
  • -osisSuffix(Greek) Abnormal condition or process

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