PHLEBITIS


Meaning of PHLEBITIS in English

adjective

/ fləˈbaɪtɪs; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( medical ) a condition in which the walls of a vein become sore and swollen

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: modern Latin , from Greek , from phleps , phleb- vein.

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