appendicitisn.
/əˌpɛndɪˈsʌɪtɪs/ Pathology.
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix of the cæcum.
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hivesc1500
enteritis1772
proctitis1782
colonitis1834
perityphlitis1840
typhlo-enteritis1842
typhlitis1844
perienteritis1846
colitis1860
caecitis1866
periproctitis1876
appendicitis1886
paratyphlitis1890
colo-enteritis1897
diverticulitis1900
sigmoiditis1906
typhlenteritis1913
typhlodicliditis1913
diverticulosis1917
Crohn's disease1935
1886 R. H. Fitz in Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. Oct. 323 As a circumscribed peritonitis is simply one event..in the history of inflammation of the appendix, it seems preferable to use the term appendicitis to express the primary condition.
1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. IV. 185/2 The symptoms of appendicitis, pure and simple, are probably very slight, and not easily recognizable.
1905 H. A. Kelly & E. Hurdon Vermiform App. 382 Some cases of appendicitis occasioned by influenza.
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