endometriosis

English

Diagram showing endometriosis

Etymology

From endometrium +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• (non-merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˌɛndoʊˌmiːtɹiˈoʊsɪs/
• (merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˌɛndoʊˌmiːtɹiˈoʊsəs/

Noun

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.
   • 1934, Analytic Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine, volume 14, page 372:

     The cyclic changes characterizing endometrioses are particularly apparent in endometriosis of the bladder.

   • 2006, Agneta Bergqvist, “35: Distant endometriosis”, in Christopher Sutton, G. David Adamson, Kevin D. Jones, editors, Modern Management of Endometriosis, page 406:

     This chapter will cover all types of extragenital endometriosis reported in the literature, besides bowel and urinary tract endometriosis, which are dealt with in detail elsewhere in this book.

   • 2006, Michel Cosson, Denis Querleu, Daniel Dargent, Vaginal Surgery, page 301:

     One can treat all adnexal diseases including cysts and endometrioses of the rectovaginal septum.

   • 2008, Richard O. Burney, Linda C. Giudice, “10: Endometriosis: Section 10.1. The Pathogenesis of Endometriosis”, in Camran Nezhat, Farr Nezhat, Ceana Nezhat, editors, Nezhat's Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy, page 251:

     Endometriosis is classically defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma in ectopic locations. Affecting from 6% to 10% of reproductive-aged women, endometriosis may result in dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain and/or subfertility.

   • 2023 June 20, Lauren Mechling, “The last health taboo: why are so many women still suffering with endometriosis?”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Endometriosis, which involves tissue similar to uterine tissue growing elsewhere in the body, has myriad symptoms, including GI distress, migraines, discomfort during sex and abdominal pain that can range from debilitating to excruciating.

Hypernyms

• (out-of-place endometrial tissue): adenomyosis

Derived terms

• endometriotic

Related terms

• endometrium
• endometritis
• metrorrhagia

Translations

endometrium condition

• Azerbaijani: endometrioz
• Catalan: endometriosi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子宮內膜異位／子宫内膜异位 (zǐgōng nèimó yìwèi)

• Czech: endometrióza f
• Finnish: endometrioosi (fi)
• French: endométriose (fr) f
• Galician: endometriose (gl) f
• German: Endometriose (de) f
• Greek: ενδομητρίωση (el) f (endomitríosi)
• Hungarian: endometriózis (hu)
• Italian: endometriosi (it) f
• Maori: kōpū whakatupu pūtautau
• Mongolian: эндометриоз (endometrioz)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: endometriose m

• Polish: endometrioza (pl) f
• Portuguese: endometriose (pt) f
• Romanian: endometrioză f
• Russian: эндометрио́з (ru) m (endometrióz)
• Slovak: endometrióza f
• Slovene: endometrioza f
• Spanish: endometriosis (es) f
• Turkish: endometriozis

See also

• ectopia
• endometrial cavity
• müllerianosis

Spanish

Etymology

From endometrio +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /endomeˈtɾjosis/ [ẽn̪.d̪o.meˈt̪ɾjo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: en‧do‧me‧trio‧sis

Noun

endometriosis f (plural endometriosis)

1. (pathology) endometriosis

Further reading

• “endometriosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10