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Inflammation of a sac attached to the large intestine
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appendicitis
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Word definitions for appendicitis in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1886, from Latin stem of appendix + -itis .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Appendicitis \Ap*pend`i*ci"tis\, n. (Med.) Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE acute ▪ It can gum up the intestine or cause acute appendicitis . ▪ True, one can not postpone an operation for acute appendicitis . ▪ In September 1989 I was taken into hospital with the classic symptoms of acute ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. inflammation of the vermiform appendix
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix . Appendicitis commonly presents with right lower abdominal pain , nausea , vomiting , and decreased appetite . However, approximately 40% of people do not have these typical signs and symptoms. Severe complications ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) inflammation of the vermiform appendix
Usage examples of appendicitis.
Consider a simple set of categories: appendicitis versus no-appendicitis.
But he is vindicated, so long as he is not overhasty, because the evidence is consistent with appendicitis, and delay may be fatal.
Zeisl suspected appendicitis, a condition which in the circumstances was a death sentence.
The doctor had no record of Calhoun ever having appendicitis, and the insurer has no claim on file for an appendectomy operation.
About one out of every fifteen people will come down with appendicitis during their lifetimes.
Acute appendicitis, bursitis, carcinoma of the lung, myocardial infarction - these terms communicate a specific condition and call for a specific treatment.
German spies used to sneak boxloads of loose-bristled toothbrushes into our shops and millions of our soldiers got appendicitis.
According to the data, if the biometry information input from Borzov's probe set was analyzed under the assumption that the cause for the abnormalities could not be an appendicitis, then there was a 62 percent chance that it was due to a drug reaction.
I'm not sure that kind would last through appendicitis and getting laid off.
As soon as the threshold of the immune reaction can be lowered without the body's own defences against infection being endangered, transplants should take place as a matter of course, just like operations for appendicitis.
I don't want to alarm either one of you but we might just be looking at appendicitis, or possibly a ruptured ovarian cyst.