Pelvic Examination

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PE
Pronunciation
/ˈpɛlvɪk ɪgˌzæməˈneɪʃən/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. A.Palpation of an asymptomatic adnexal mass during a routine pelvic examination is the usual presentation for ovarian cancer.
  2. Every woman should have an annual pelvic examination before age40 years and more frequently thereafter.
  3. Finally, due to abnormal bleeding she consulted me. A pelvic examination revealed an extensive cancer of the cervix.
  4. Let me do a pelvic examination.
  5. And in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi, 90 per cent of women had never had a pelvic examination ( inspection of the female organs ), yet alone any further testing.

Other meanings of PE