typhlitis

American  

[tif-lahy-tis] / tɪfˈlaɪ tɪs /

noun

Pathology.

1. inflammation of the cecum.

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typhlitis British  

/ tɪfˈlaɪtɪs, tɪfˈlɪtɪk /

noun

1. inflammation of the caecum

2. an obsolete name for appendicitis

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Other Word Forms

• typhlitic adjective

Etymology

Origin of typhlitis

1855–60; < Greek typhl ( ós ) blind (for sense cecum ) + -itis

Example Sentences

According to the anatomical part specially attacked, it is subdivided into duodenitis, jejunitis, ileitis, typhlitis, appendicitis, colitis, proctitis.

From Project Gutenberg

Typhlitis and perityphlitis were the names used to designate the disease now covered by the word appendicitis.

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The old text-book description of typhlitis and perityphlitis is so similar to the description of the present day appendicitis that it is not necessary to reproduce it.

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Thirty-four years ago I was called in consultation to see my first case of what was then generally recognized as perityphlitis or typhlitis—inflammation of the connective tissue about the cecum.

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In addition to the continued nausea of complete obstruction, the pulse grows weaker and more frequent and the patient shows great anxiety of expression, there is a sickness that can not be accounted for with a diagnosis of appendicitis or typhlitis, and the patient has the appearance of being desperately sick.

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