| 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) |
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| left-sided appendicitis | Appendicitis occurring on the left side of the abdomen, usually the left-lower quadrant, due to abnormal rotation of the gut (such as situs inversus). (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar appendicitis | A retrodisplaced appendix in the lumbar region. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumococcal/suppurative keratitis | A severe, creeping, central, suppurative ulcer often due to pneumococci. Synonym: pneumococcal/suppurative keratitis, serpent ulcer of cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative | Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration. <medicine> Suppurative fever, pyaemia. Origin: Cf. F. Suppuratif. <medicine> A suppurative medicine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suppurative arthritis | Acute inflammation of synovial membranes, with purulent effusion into a joint, due to bacterial infection; the usual route of infection is hemic to the synovial tissue, causing destruction of the articular cartilage, and may become chronic, with sinus formation, osteomyelitis, deformity, and disability. Synonym: purulent synovitis, pyarthrosis, pyogenic arthritis, suppurative synovitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative choroiditis | Purulent inflammation of the choroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative encephalitis | Encephalitis of bacterial aetiology. Synonym: encephalitis pyogenica, purulent encephalitis, suppurative encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative gingivitis | Gingivitis in which a purulent exudate can be expressed from the gingival surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative hepatitis | Hepatitis with abscess formation; often amoebic in origin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative hyalitis | Purulent vitreous humor due to exudation from adjacent structures, as in panophthalmitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative inflammation | An acute exudative inflammation in which the accumulation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes is sufficiently great that their enzymes cause liquefaction of the affected tissues, focally or diffusely; the purulent exudate is frequently termed pus, and consists of plasma and its constituents, end products of the enzymatic digestion of tissue, degenerated and necrotic cells and their debris, polymorphonuclear leukocytes and other white blood cells, the causal agent of the inflammation, etc. Synonym: suppurative inflammation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative mastitis | Inflammation of the breast due to infection with pyogenic bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative necrosis | Liquefactive necrosis with pus formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative nephritis | Focal glomerulonephritis with abscess formation in the kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |