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appendicitis
(redirected from Ruptured appendix)

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appendicitis
inflammation of the vermiform appendix

appendicitis [ə‚pen·də′sīd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.


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A friend analogized the point for me years ago: "A surgeon doesn't look down on the ruptured appendix and say, 'I'll get you, you son of a bitch.
Woody Somvichai, 17, was hospitalized with a ruptured appendix during his stay in New York -- and doctors said he could have died.
Bob Tarrant died April 6 of complications from a ruptured appendix.
 
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