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Descriptor English: Pyometra
Descriptor Spanish: Piómetra
Descriptor piometra
Scope note: Acumulación de PUS en la cavidad uterina (ÚTERO). La piómetra generalmente indica la presencia de infecciones. 
Descriptor Portuguese: Piometra
Descriptor French: Pyométrie
Entry term(s): Pyometras
Tree number(s): C12.050.351.500.852.544
C12.100.250.852.544
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055112
Scope note: An accumulation of PUS in the uterine cavity (UTERUS). Pyometra generally indicates the presence of infections.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Suppuration (1963-2008)
Uterine Diseases (1966-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
DeCS ID: 53096
Unique ID: D055112
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Pyometra - Preferred
Concept UI M0513898
Scope note An accumulation of PUS in the uterine cavity (UTERUS). Pyometra generally indicates the presence of infections.
Preferred term Pyometra
Entry term(s) Pyometras



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