Definition of Typhlitis

1. n. Inflammation of the cæcum.

Definition of Typhlitis

1. Noun. (medicine) inflammation of the blind gut ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Typhlitis

1. [n -TISES]

Medical Definition of Typhlitis

1. Inflammation of the caecum. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Blind, closed (as applied to the caecum) + -itis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Typhlitis

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typewritings
typewritist
typewritists
typewritten
typewrote
typey
typhinia
typhl-
typhlectasis
typhlectomy
typhlenteritis
typhlitic
typhlitis (current term)
typhlitises
typhlo-
typhlocolitis
typhlodicliditis
typhloempyema
typhloenteritis
typhlolithiasis
typhlology
typhlomegaly
typhlon
typhlopexy
typhlorrhaphy
typhlosis
typhlosole

Literary usage of Typhlitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1909)
"... —typhlitis—or of the peritoneum covering it—peri- typhlitis; but we now know that with rare exceptions the caecum itself is not affected, ..."

2. A System of Practical Medicine by William Pepper, Louis Starr (1885)
"typhlitis, strictly speaking, is limited to affections of the ... and para- typhlitis are therefore secondary processes, though they may, ¡u exceptional ..."

3. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1915)
"typhlitis. By typhlitis is meant inflammation of the cecum without involvement of the appendix (rare) ; and in some cases ulcération due to pressure by ..."

4. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1903)
"... phlegmon " was thought to be due to disease of the caecum—typhlitis—and of ... typhlitis is in reality appendicitis. The recognition of the importance ..."

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