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PHLEBITIS
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I. (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))
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