appendicitis

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   inflammation of the appendix, typically causing severe pain in the lower right abdomen

   The surgeon confirmed that the sudden abdominal pain was appendicitis.

Common collocations

• acute appendicitis Adjective + noun

A medical formation from appendic-, the stem of appendix, plus -itis, the Greek-derived suffix used for inflammatory diseases. The anatomical appendix takes its name from Latin appendix, 'something attached.'

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