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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
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Medical Definition of Typhlitis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Typhlitis
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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