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pyometra

noun/ˌpaɪəˈmiːtrə/

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A serious infection of the uterus in which pus accumulates, most often in unspayed females.

The older, unspayed bitch's lethargy and discharge raised my suspicion of pyometra.

Topic: Veterinary in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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