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Definition: Phlebitis |
PhlebitisNoun1. Inflammation of a vein (usually in the legs). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "phlebitis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Phlebitis \Phle*bi"tis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression vein -itis.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Inflammation of a vein. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Phlebitis |
| English words defined with "phlebitis": thrombophlebitis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Phlebitis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (phlebitis), German (phlebitis). |
| "Phlebitis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Phlebitis" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
phlebitis | 610 |
phlebitis symptom | 22 |
superficial phlebitis | 16 |
phlebitis treatment | 12 |
it phlebitis | 4 |
cause phlebitis | 3 |
phlebitis picture | 3 |
thrombo phlebitis | 3 |
information phlebitis | 3 |
phlebitis post syndrome | 2 |
iv phlebitis | 2 |
infusion phlebitis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "phlebitis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بادئة معناها وريد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | флебит. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | phlebitis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aderontsteking. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | flebito. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phlébite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | venenentzündung, Phlebitis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φλεβίτιδα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | דלקת הורידים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | érhártyagyulladás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | radang urat darah. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | flebite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 静脈炎 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じょうみゃくえん. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lostey cuishlin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ebitisphlay flebite (phlebotomize). (various references) flebitã. (various references) воспаление вены. (various references) upala vena. (various references) flebitis. (various references) flebit, åderinflammation. (various references) flebit, damar iltihabı. (various references) флебіт, запалення вени. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "phlebitis": thrombophlebitis. (additional references) | |
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"Phlebitis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flebitis, phebitis, Philitis, phlebitic, phlebits, plebitis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "phlebitis" (pronounced flubī"ti's) |
| 3 | -t i' s | botrytis, clematis, fortis, intis, mantis, Metis, practice, Prentice, solstice. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-h-i-i-l-p-s-t" | |
-2 letters: bhistie, shilpit. | |
-3 letters: blites, blithe, pistil, pities, spilth, stipel. | |
-4 letters: belts, beths, biles, bites, blest, blets, blips, blite, heils, heist, helps, hilts, islet, istle, lithe, pelts, pilei, piles, pilis, piste, piths, plebs, plies, shiel, shlep, slept, slipe, slipt, speil, spelt, spiel, spile, spilt, spite, split, stile, stipe, tiles, tipis. | |
-5 letters: bels, belt, best, beth. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-h-i-i-l-p-s-t" | |
+2 letters: phlebitides. | |
+3 letters: amphibolites, inhospitable. | |
+4 letters: perishability. | |
+5 letters: pathobiologies, photobiologies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 6C 65 62 69 74 69 73 |
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