How to Use appendicitis in a Sentence

appendicitis

noun
  • Combined with a fever, this was a classic case of appendicitis.
    James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2020
  • The child who was left to die from untreated appendicitis by a system that failed to save her.
    Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2020
  • So do the patients with strokes, heart attacks and appendicitis.
    al, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Surgery has been the standard treatment for appendicitis for decades.
    Karen Pallarito, Health.com, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Seven of them did not have appendicitis and likely could have avoided surgery.
    Lindsey Tanner, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
  • About one-third had another case of appendicitis and had surgery to take out their appendix.
    Fox News, 25 Sep. 2018
  • The crisis comes when Myra almost dies from acute appendicitis.
    New York Times, 31 Dec. 2021
  • One night the two began treating a patient with appendicitis.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 June 2018
  • Most cases of appendicitis occur in children and young adults.
    Steven Reinberg, chicagotribune.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Her website is filled with stories like that, but there is one story not there – the one that hit hard after her appendicitis.
    CBS News, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Bryant stepped in for starting tight end Austin Hooper, who was out with an appendicitis.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The death was ruled natural as a result of an appendicitis rupture.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Hamstring, hip, ankle, groin, calf and even appendicitis.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • The death was ruled natural as a result of an appendicitis rupture.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • He's also had appendicitis and has been fitted with a pacemaker.
    Bloomberg.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • They were supposed to spend as long as six months traveling but cut short their trip when Daisy was stricken with appendicitis.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2018
  • That time, the doctor in the hospital was worried about appendicitis.
    Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • Exactly how a colonoscopy leads to appendicitis isn't clear, Basson said.
    Steven Reinberg, chicagotribune.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • After a bout of appendicitis, a short vacation from consciousness seemed like a pleasant way to spend a few hours.
    Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
  • Abdominal cramps or swelling, nausea, fever and loss of appetite are signs of appendicitis.
    Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2022
  • And little kids in his neighborhood died of things like appendicitis and influenza.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The three shows were postponed due to Mayer's bout of appendicitis, but the guitarist appears to have bounced back from his health scare.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2017
  • In fact, he was evacuated from Iraq after a month with appendicitis.
    Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 May 2017
  • The others are kids with broken arms and appendicitis and cancer and all the other ailments for which kids end up in the hospital.
    Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2021
  • He was hospitalized and bedridden for a week with a virus that simulates appendicitis and also lost his voice at one point.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2023
  • One day, a boy about 6 years old came into the hospital suffering from appendicitis.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Her sisters had the same symptoms, Gretyl says politely, and had appendicitis.
    Rebecca Curtis, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Eventually, the fact that Madar Joon had seen all five of her children through appendicitis won out.
    Naz Riahi, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Colbert joked that medical staff used a power washer and shop vacuum to treat the appendicitis.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Symptoms of appendicitis start as pain in the abdomen, often near the belly button at first before moving to the lower right-hand side of your navel.
    Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 14 Dec. 2021

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