Clinical Diagnosis · Cardiovascular System · Easy
Phlebitis
Meaning: Inflammation of a vein, commonly at the site of an intravenous cannula, causing redness and tenderness.
In practice: The nurse removed the cannula after noticing phlebitis spreading along the vein.
Word parts
- -itis means inflammation
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