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What is pyometra?

What is pyometra? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) An infection of the uterus most commonly seen in dogs, but also occasionally in other small mammals, resulting from hormonal and structural changes in the lining of the uterus.
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This is because the incidence of fetal mummification and fetal maceration is low, and although the incidence of pyometra is higher, methods of prevention not involving use of oestradiol do exist and would be preferable.
Luthien suffered a pyometra in May 2010 when our first plans for her were about to be consummated.
Here we used Affymetrix microarray technology to investigate the mechanisms involved in pyometra.
If your dog is diagnosed with a pyometra, then she will have to be spayed immediately, and anaesthetic risks are much higher in these cases.
Here, we studied pyometra in cats with the aim to describe the incidence and probability of developing pyometra based on age and breed.
We report that pyometra causes dramatic effects on the uterine gene expression pattern.

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