diaphragmitis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

diaphragm +‎ -itis

Noun[edit]

diaphragmitis (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Inflammation of the diaphragm.
    Synonym: diaphragmatitis
    • 1854, John W. Corson, “Case of Diaphragmitis, with Pleuritic Effusion”, in The New York Journal of Medicine, volume 13, page 387:
      One of the most curious symptoms of diaphragmitis is the sardonic grin, which happened to be present in our own case.
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