cholecystitis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cholecystitis
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Conte’s gallbladder was removed after he was diagnosed as having cholecystitis after experiencing severe abdominal pain.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
The 53-year-old Italian was diagnosed with cholecystitis, an inflammation of the gallbladder, after becoming "unwell with severe abdominal pain".
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2023
Conte recently experienced “severe abdominal pain,” Tottenham said in a short statement, and was diagnosed as having cholecystitis.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
According to prison records, the cause of death was cardiac arrest combined with acute cholecystitis, a gallbladder infection that is often the product of trauma.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019
This postulate gives us the key to the pain-muscular phenomena of peritonitis, pleurisy, cystitis, cholecystitis, etc., as well as to the pain-muscular phenomena in obstructions of the hollow viscera.
From Origin and Nature of Emotions by George W. (Washington) Crile
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