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‖ typhlitis Path.|tɪˈflaɪtɪs|
[mod.L., f. Gr. τυϕλόν the cæcum or blind gut (neut. of τυϕλός blind) + -itis.]
Inflammation of the cæcum, cæcitis (often including that of the appendix vermiformis, now distinctively called appendicitis).
1857in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1866A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 427 Inflammation of the caecum..constitutes an affection called typhlitis, tuphlo-enteritis, or caecitis. Ibid. 429 The term typhlitis is applied to inflammation of the vermiform appendix as well as to caecitis. 1891Pall Mall G. 13 May 6/3 She died, after a short illness, of typhlitis.
Hence typhlitic |tɪˈflɪtɪk| a., pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with typhlitis.
1891in Cent. Dict. |