| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
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| pur | purulent |
| appendicitis | <pathology> Inflammation (and usually infection) of the appendix, a finger-like projection of the first portion of the colon, that often causes right, lower quadrant abdominal pain, fever and loss of appetite. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| bilharzial appendicitis | Appendicitis caused by the deposition of the eggs of the blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni, in the vermiform appendix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gangrenous appendicitis | Acute appendicitis with necrosis of the wall of the appendix, most commonly developing in obstructive appendicitis and frequently causing perforation and acute peritonitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| para-appendicitis | Inflammation of the tissue surrounding the vermiform appendix. Synonym: para-appendicitis. Periappendicitis decidualis, the presence of decidual cells in the peritoneum of the vermiform appendix in cases of right tubal pregnancy with adhesions between the fallopian tube and the appendix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| verminous appendicitis | Appendicitis caused by obstruction or response to the presence of parasitic worms such as Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis, or the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent appendicitis | Repeated episodes of right lower quadrant abdominal pain attributed to recurrence of inflammation of the appendix in an individual who did not have an appendectomy for prior episodes. Synonym: relapsing appendicitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| relapsing appendicitis | Repeated episodes of right lower quadrant abdominal pain attributed to recurrence of inflammation of the appendix in an individual who did not have an appendectomy for prior episodes. Synonym: relapsing appendicitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perforating appendicitis | Inflammation of the appendix leading to perforation of the wall of the appendix into the peritoneal cavity, resulting in peritonitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic appendicitis | Fibrous adhesions, scarring, or deformity of the appendix following subsidence of acute appendicitis; fibrous obliteration of the distal lumen is not abnormal in older persons; term frequently used to refer to repeated mild attacks of acute appendicitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stercoral appendicitis | Appendicitis following a lodgment of faecal material in the appendix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subperitoneal appendicitis | Appendicitis of a subperitoneally displaced appendix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative appendicitis | Acute appendicitis with purulent exudate in the lumen and wall of the appendix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obstructive appendicitis | Acute appendicitis due to infection of retained secretion behind an obstruction of the lumen by a fecalith or some other cause, including carcinoma of the caecum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| focal appendicitis | Acute appendicitis involving only part of the appendix, sometimes at the site of, or distal to, an obstruction of the lumen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foreign-body appendicitis | Appendicitis caused by obstruction of the lumen of the appendix by a foreign substance, such as a particulate foreign body. (05 Mar 2000) |