appendicitis
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- noun
- /ˌæpənˈdaɪsɪtɪs/
- Specialized
- After the fourth day, the doctors, finding no symptoms of appendicitis, released her to her parents.
- acute appendicitis
- diagnosis of appendicitis
- patient developed appendicitis
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Examples
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231 patients suspected of acute appendicitis were included in the study.
Academic text (2007) -
Then she got ill with appendicitis and was taken to hospital.
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And if they did have appendicitis, they would feel pain over here.
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I mean, could it be appendicitis?
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I think I got appendicitis.
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Perhaps a sudden attack of appendicitis, and he might not recover from the operation.
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That if you're having any trouble with, say, appendicitis or heart attacks...
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He's checking for appendicitis or something.
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In this study, ultrasonography was used to see whether the diagnosis of acute appendicitis could be improved.
Academic text (2007) -
If a person has appendicitis, they usually experience sharp pain in the lower right abdomen.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
appendicitis = appendix (semi-transparent) = appendic + itis
Formed from 'appendix' + the medical suffix '-itis' meaning 'inflammation'; the base 'appendix' is clear but '-itis' is specialized medical morphology that may be unfamiliar to general learners.
Etymology
Appendicitis comes from appendix, which means 'something attached', and the medical ending -itis, which means 'inflammation'. So, appendicitis literally means 'inflammation of the appendix', which explains the pain and why it often needs surgery.