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Examples of appendicitis in a Sentence
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Black, and American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people are more likely to die before age 75 from preventable and treatable causes, including, but not limited to, some infections such as appendicitis and certain cancers, than white populations, according to the analysis.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024
This includes ordinary colds and flu, and more serious but mostly recoverable illnesses like pneumonia or appendicitis.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The widest disparities were in pain management, where nonwhite kids were found to be less likely to receive painkillers for a broken arm or leg, appendicitis or a migraine than white children were.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
Operations to treat appendicitis or ruptured gallbladders, for example, are emergency procedures, said Dr. Edward Schaeffer, the director of the Polsky Urologic Cancer Institute and chair of urology at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
—Sara G. Miller, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2024
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
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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 18 Jun. 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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