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PHLEBITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phlebitis mean? 

PHLEBITIS (noun)
  The noun PHLEBITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of a vein (usually in the legs)play

  Familiarity information: PHLEBITIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHLEBITIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of a vein (usually in the legs)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("phlebitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phlebitis"):

thrombophlebitis (phlebitis in conjunction with the formation of a blood clot (thrombus))


 Context examples 


Phlebitis may be caused by infection, injury, or irritation.

(Phlebitis, NCI Dictionary)

Horse chestnut oil is used topically as a treatment for rheumatism and phlebitis.

(Aesculus hippocastanum Seed Fluid Extract, NCI Thesaurus)



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