phlebitis
noun/fləˈbaɪtɪs/
/fləˈbaɪtɪs/
[uncountable] (medical)- a condition in which the walls of a vein become painful and swollen (= larger than normal)Word Originearly 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, from phleps, phleb- ‘vein’.
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