Literally meaning: “inflammation of fallopian tubes”
Origin: Anc Greek
++ (-ίτις)/-ιτις (=-itis, suffix meaning “pertaining to” or “inflammation”.) It is in feminine gender because it was used with feminine noun η νόσος/ e nosos /(=disease).
Salpingitis is an inflammation by infection of
1. a uterine tube.
2. the eustachian tube.