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appendicitis
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ap·pen·di·ci·tis  (-pnd-sts)
n.
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.

[New Latin, from Latin appendix, appendic-, appendage; see appendix.]
Word History: Even though the word appendicitis was in use in 1885, the year in which the Oxford English Dictionary published the section "Anta-Battening" that would have contained the word, the editor, James Murray, omitted this "crack-jaw medical and surgical word" on the advice of Oxford's Regius Professor of Medicine, Sir Henry Wentworth Acland. As K.M. Elisabeth Murray, the granddaughter and biographer of James Murray, points out, "The problem of what scientific words to include was a continuing one, and James Murray was always under pressurefrom his advisers . . . who thought the emphasis should be on words from good literature and from those in the [Oxford University] Press who wanted to save cost and timenot to include scientific words of recent origin." In 1902 no less a person than Edward VII had his appendix removed, and his coronation was postponed because of the operation. Appendicitis hence came into widespread use and has remained so, thereby pointing up the lexicographer's difficult task of selecting the new words that people will look for in their dictionaries.

appendicitis [əˌpɛndɪˈsaɪtɪs]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix

appendicitis  (-pnd-sts)
Inflammation of the appendix, usually caused by a blockage or infection.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.appendicitis - inflammation of the vermiform appendixappendicitis - inflammation of the vermiform appendix
inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
Translations
appendicitis [əˌpendɪˈsaɪtɪs] Napendicitis f inv
to have appendicitistener apendicitis
acute appendicitisapendicitis f aguda

appendicitis [əˌpɛndɪˈsaɪtɪs] nappendicite f

appendicitis
nBlinddarmentzündung f, → Appendizitis f (spec)

appendicitis [əˌpɛndɪˈsaɪtɪs] nappendicite f

appendicitis
n appendicitis [əpendiˈsaitis]
the inflammation of the appendix in the body which usually causes pain and often requires the removal of the appendix by surgery. appendisitis إلتِهاب الزَّائِدَة الدّودِيَّه апандисит zánět slepého střeva blindtarmsbetændelse die Blinddarmentzündung σκωληκοειδίτιδα apendicitis pimesoolepõletik آپاندیس umpilisäketulehdus appendicite דַלֶקֶת הַתוֹסֶפתָן उण्डुकपुच्छशोथ apendicitis „vakbélgyulladás” radang usus buntu botnlangabólga appendicite 盲腸炎 충수염 apendicitas apendicīts apendisitis blindedarmontsteking blindtarmsbetennelse zapalenie wyrostka robaczkowego apendicite apendicită аппендицит zápal slepého čreva vnetje slepiča upala slepog creva blindtarmsinflammation ไส้ติ่งอักเสบ apandisit 闌尾炎 апендицит بڑی آنت کی سوزش bệnh viêm ruột thừa

appendicitis التهاب الزائدة apendicitida blindtarmsbetændelse Blinddarmentzündung σκωληκοειδίτιδα apendicitis umpilisäkkeen tulehdus appendicite upala slijepog crijeva appendicite 虫垂炎 맹장염 appendicitis blindtarmsbetennelse zapalenie wyrostka robaczkowego apendicite аппендицит blindtarmsinflammation ไส้ติ่งอักเสบ apandisit bệnh viêm ruột thừa 阑尾炎


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Chronic appendicitis is less serious and slower to develop.
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