Clinical Diagnosis · Digestive System · Easy
Appendicitis
Meaning: Inflammation of the small blind-ended tube arising from the caecum.
In practice: Tenderness at McBurney's point with guarding and rebound tenderness in the right iliac fossa.
Word parts
- -itis means inflammation
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