typhlitis

American

[tif-lahy-tis] / tɪfˈlaɪ tɪs /

noun

Pathology.

inflammation of the cecum.

typhlitis British

/ tɪfˈlaɪtɪs, tɪfˈlɪtɪk /

noun

inflammation of the caecum
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 cf. cecum) + -itis

Example Sentences

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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.

From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

In diseases such as typhoid fever, appendicitis and typhlitis, we have first of all a constitutional derangement brought on by errors of life.

From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry

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