perityphlitis
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perityphlitis
[‚per·ə′tif·ləd·əs] (medicine)
Inflammation of the peritoneum surrounding the cecum and vermiform appendix.
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It appears that the first surgical treatment for appendicitis or
perityphlitis without abscess was carried out by Hancock in 1848.
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