Appendicitis Definition

ə-pĕndĭ-sītĭs
noun
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix: usually, the infected appendix must be surgically removed.
Webster's New World
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
American Heritage Medicine
(pathology) Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Appendicitis

Noun

Singular:
appendicitis
Plural:
appendicitides, appendicitises

Origin of Appendicitis

  • New Latin appendix appendic- appendix (from Latin appendage appendix) –itis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • appendix +‎ -itis

    From Wiktionary

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