phlegmon

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin phlegmōn, phlegmonē (“inflammation beneath the skin”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek φλεγμονή (phlegmonḗ, “inflammation, fiery heat”), from φλέγω (phlégō, “burn”).

Noun

phlegmon (plural phlegmons)

1. A solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis.

Derived terms

• phlegmonous

Translations

non collected inflammation of connective tissue

• Arabic: فَلْغَمُون m (falḡamūn)
• Dutch: flegmone (nl) c
• Greek: πλαστρόν n (plastrón)
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• Italian: flemmone (it) m
• Walloon: blanc må m