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pelvic inflammatory disease: inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge
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| pierce |
cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest" move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night" penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh" 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
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| pinna |
division of a usually pinnately divided leaf auricle: the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
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| pinocytosis |
process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid
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| piezoelectric effect |
piezoelectricity: electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal
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