‖ typhlitis Path.
(tɪˈflaɪtɪs)
[mod.L., f. Gr. τυϕλόν the cæcum or blind gut (neut. of τυϕλός blind) + -itis.]
Inflammation of the cæcum, cæcitis (often including that of the appendix vermiformis, now distinctively called appendicitis).
| 1857 in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1866 A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 427 Inflammation of the caecum..constitutes an affection called typhlitis, tuphlo-enteritis, or caecitis. Ibid. 429 The term typhlitis is applied to inflammation of the vermiform appendix as well as to caecitis. 1891 Pall Mall G. 13 May 6/3 She died, after a short illness, of typhlitis. |
Hence typhlitic (tɪˈflɪtɪk) a., pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with typhlitis.
| 1891 in Cent. Dict. |