endometritis

(en-do-me-tri'(tre')tis) [G. end on, within, -\- metra, womh, +-it is.'] Inflammation of the lining membrane of the uterus, decid'ual e., inflammation of the decidual mucous membrane of tile gravid uterus, diphtherlt'ic e., inflammation of the uterine mucous membrane, with a dirty brownish exudate, not nece arily due to the presence of the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus, e. dis's ecans, e. with ulceration and exfoliation of the mucous membrane.