PHLEBITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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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