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stumpitis

stumpitis noun: the inflammation of a stump, especially of the residual appendix after a partial appendectomy.

Noun

stumpitis (uncountable)

  1. The inflammation of a stump, especially of the residual appendix after a partial appendectomy.

Origin of stumpitis

From stump + -itis.

Questions about stumpitis

What does stumpitis mean?
Stumpitis means the inflammation of a stump, especially of the residual appendix after a partial appendectomy.
What part of speech is stumpitis?
Stumpitis is a noun.

Words near stumpitis in the dictionary

  1. stumping it
  2. stumping out
  3. stumping up
  4. stumpings
  5. stumpish
  6. stumpitis
  7. stumpknocker
  8. stumpknockers
  9. stumpland
  10. stumplands
  11. stumpless

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