| endometrial smear | A group of cytologic smear's containing material obtained directly from the endometrium by aspiration, lavage, or brushing of the uterine cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| endometrial stromal sarcoma | <tumour> A term sometimes used for a relatively rare sarcoma believed to be a form of endometriosis in which the lesions form multiple foci in the myometrium and in vascular spaces in other sites, and which consist of histologic and cytologic elements that resemble those of the endometrial stroma. Synonym: stromatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endometrioid | Microscopically resembling endometrial tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endometrioid carcinoma | <tumour> Adenocarcinoma of the ovary or prostate resembling endometrial adenocarcinoma, possibly arising from ovarian foci of endometriosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endometrioid tumour | A tumour of the ovary containing epithelial or stromal elements resembling tumour's of the endometrium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endometrioma | Circumscribed mass of ectopic endometrial tissue in endometriosis. Origin: endometrium + -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| endometriosis | <gynaecology> A condition in which tissue more or less perfectly resembling the uterine mucous membrane (the endometrium) and containing typical endometrial granular and stromal elements occurs aberrantly in various locations in the pelvic cavity. Synonym: adenomyosis externa, endometriosis externa. (18 Nov 1997) |
| endometriosis interna | <gynaecology> A condition where there is abnormal thickening of the endometrial lining of the uterus, extending into the fibrous and muscular layers. This condition occurs most commonly in women above 30 who have had children. Symptoms include prolonged or heavy menstrual bleeding and painful menses with cramping. Treatment generally includes pain medications and a hysterectomy in select (more severe) cases. Birth control pills may aggravate symptoms. (07 Apr 1998) |
| endometritis | <gynaecology, pathology> Inflammation of the endometrium (lining of the uterus). Often occurs as a postpartum infection. Symptoms include pelvic pain accompanied by a foul smelling vaginal discharge. (07 Apr 1998) |
| endometrium | <anatomy, gynaecology> The tissue lining the uterus, it is sloughed off during the woman's menstrual period, and afterward grows back and slowly gets thicker and thicker until the next period. (07 Apr 1998) |
| endometropic | Denoting an external stimulus capable of producing a response of the uterus, specifically the endometrium. Origin: endo-+ G. Metra, uterus, + trope, a turning (05 Mar 2000) |
| endomitosis | <cell biology> Chromosome replication without mitosis, leading to polyploidy. Many rounds of endomitosis give rise to the giant polytene chromosomes of Dipteran salivary glands, though in this case the daughter chromosomes remain synapsed. (07 Apr 1998) |
| endomixis | <biology> Self-fertilization, the union of an egg and a sperm which are both from the same individual. In certain ciliated protozoans, a process of nuclear division and reorganisation. (07 Apr 1998) |
| endomorph | <chemical> A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz. Origin: Endo- + Gr. Form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| endomorphic | Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an endomorph. (05 Mar 2000) |