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Examples of appendicitis in a Sentence
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Elsewhere on the grid, there was a wonderful seventh-place finish for Ferrari teenager Oliver Bearman as the 18-year-old made his F1 debut in place of Carlos Sainz, who was last week diagnosed with appendicitis.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
People with appendicitis or belly pain don’t do that.
—Molly Sullivan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
In a 2020 study, Goyal and her colleagues found that Black kids with appendicitis were less likely than their white peers to be correctly diagnosed, even when both groups of patients visited the same hospital.
—Liz Szabo | Kff Health News, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2024
At 82, cancer is a much more likely diagnosis than appendicitis.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
For example, a dear friend of mine had pain in his lower right abdomen, a key indicator of appendicitis — a disease with an extremely high survival rate in the United States.
—Jeffrey Okoro, STAT, 24 Nov. 2023
Colbert joked that medical staff used a power washer and shop vacuum to treat the appendicitis.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2023
Sometimes, however, pelvic pain can be an indicator of something more serious, ranging from preterm labor to appendicitis.
—Rebecca Stewart, Parents, 6 Sep. 2023
When her 8-year-old daughter got appendicitis one evening, Ms. Charlier said, the family waited until morning to get her medical care since driving to a hospital was out of the question.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin
First Known Use
1886, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near appendicitis
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“Appendicitis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appendicitis. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
appendicitis
noun
ap·pen·di·ci·tis
ə-ˌpen-də-ˈsīt-əs
: inflammation of the appendix
Medical Definition
appendicitis
noun
ap·pen·di·ci·tis
ə-ˌpen-də-ˈsīt-əs
: inflammation of the vermiform appendix
called also epityphlitis
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