funisitis

Definition

funisitis rate
(Noun) acute inflammatory response of fetal origin, especially of the umbilical cord.
Usage: Funisitis is the fetal analogue of chorioamnionitis, the acute inflammatory response of maternal origin due to ascending intrauterine infection, usually of bacterial origin.


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