Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of a vein.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of a vein.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of a vein.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology Inflammation of a
vein , usually in the legs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of a vein (usually in the legs)
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Examples
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Vanity aside, varicose veins can also be very painful, especially if you spend a lot of time standing, and if left untreated, can lead to skin damage red and brown skin near the ankles, venous eczema, leg ulcers or even phlebitis, which is clotting in the vein.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Patients with travel ailments such as phlebitis or varicose veins should refrain massage.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Because there is greater blood flow through the central veins than through the peripheral veins (i.e., in the arms, hands, legs and feet), chemotherapy can be administered through the central lines with less risk of causing chemical phlebitis (inflammation of a vein).
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer Phase Two: Portacath Insertion Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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I have phlebitis from my buttocks to my thigh it hurst a lot.
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Because there is greater blood flow through the central veins than through the peripheral veins (i.e., in the arms, hands, legs and feet), chemotherapy can be administered through the central lines with less risk of causing chemical phlebitis (inflammation of a vein).
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer Phase Two: Portacath Insertion Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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Because there is greater blood flow through the central veins than through the peripheral veins (i.e., in the arms, hands, legs and feet), chemotherapy can be administered through the central lines with less risk of causing chemical phlebitis (inflammation of a vein).
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer Phase Two: Portacath Insertion Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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Because there is greater blood flow through the central veins than through the peripheral veins (i.e., in the arms, hands, legs and feet), chemotherapy can be administered through the central lines with less risk of causing chemical phlebitis (inflammation of a vein).
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer Phase Two: Portacath Insertion Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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She had a radical mastectomy, phlebitis of the arm and scoliosis...
Chie Davis: Sitting Down with Victoria Rowell Chie Davis 2011
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He asked about her phlebitis and her gall bladder, and whether her gout was acting up.
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Because there is greater blood flow through the central veins than through the peripheral veins (i.e., in the arms, hands, legs and feet), chemotherapy can be administered through the central lines with less risk of causing chemical phlebitis (inflammation of a vein).
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer Phase Two: Portacath Insertion Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
pspealman commented on the word phlebitis
I originally spotted this one in my Compact Spanish Translation Dictionary ... coincidentally my actual dictionary lacks it.
Is it in the Spanish dictionary because of a need for me to know it, is it a common characteristic to Spanish speaking people? One day you speak too many double L's as Y's and that vein on the leg just goes nuts?
October 1, 2008