endometriosis

/en-doh-mee-tree-oh-sis/US // ˌɛn doʊˌmi triˈoʊ sɪs //UK // (ˌɛndəʊˌmiːtrɪˈəʊsɪs) //

子宫内膜异位症,子宫内膜移位症,子宫内膜异位,子宫内膜移位

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Pathology.
- : the presence of uterine lining in other pelvic organs, especially the ovaries, characterized by cyst formation, adhesions, and menstrual pains.

There is disturbing evidence, for example, that when multiple physicians evaluated identical cases for evidence of heart disease, tuberculosis, endometriosis, skin cancer and breast cancer, they agreed on diagnoses only about two-thirds of the time.
Then 26, she had just moved from Boston to Austin, Texas, after undergoing endometriosis surgery in Massachusetts while covered under a student plan.
Stacey Missmer, et al. “A Prospective Study of Dietary Fat Consumption and Endometriosis Risk.”
It can be due to any number of treatable causes, like endometriosis.