typhlitis

[ tif-lahy-tis ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. inflammation of the cecum.

typhlitis

/ tɪfˈlaɪtɪs; tɪfˈlɪtɪk /

noun

1. inflammation of the caecum
2. an obsolete name for appendicitis

Derived Forms

• typhlitic, adjective

Other Words From

• typh·lit·ic [tif-, lit, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of typhlitis¹

1855–60; < Greek typhl ( ós ) blind (for sense cecum ) + -itis

Word History and Origins

Origin of typhlitis¹

C19: from New Latin, from Greek tuphlon the caecum, from tuphlos blind

Example Sentences

According to the anatomical part specially attacked, it is subdivided into duodenitis, jejunitis, ileitis, typhlitis, appendicitis, colitis, proctitis.

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Thirty-four years ago I was called in consultation to see my first case of what was then generally recognized as perityphlitis or typhlitis—inflammation of the connective tissue about the cecum.

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Typhlitis and perityphlitis were the names used to designate the disease now covered by the word appendicitis.

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The old text-book description of typhlitis and perityphlitis is so similar to the description of the present day appendicitis that it is not necessary to reproduce it.

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When appendicitis or typhlitis ends in an abscess, and the pus sac is ruptured by meddlesome, unskilled treatment, scientific or otherwise, causing the pus to burrow toward the groin, surgery is the only treatment; there is no hope of recovery in such a case without establishing thorough drainage, and this means skilled surgical treatment.

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