cholecystitis

cholecystitis
n.
inflammation of the gall bladder. Acute cholecystitis is due to bacterial infection, causing fever and acute pain over the gall bladder. It is usually treated by rest and antibiotics. Chronic cholecystitis is often associated with gallstones and causes recurrent episodes of upper abdominal pain. It is also associated with cholecystitis glandularis proliferans – thickening of the gall-bladder wall and epithelial changes (crypt formation, hypertrophy). Recurrent bacterial infection may be the cause of chronic cholecystitis, but the physical processes leading to gallstone formation may also be important. It may require treatment by cholecystectomy.

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  • cholecystitis — /koh leuh si stuy tis, kol euh /, n. Pathol. inflammation of the gallbladder. [1865 70; CHOLE + CYSTITIS] * * * ▪ pathology  acute or chronic inflammation of the gallbladder, in most instances associated with the presence of gallstones… …   Universalium

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  • cholecystitis — noun An inflammation of the gallbladder …   Wiktionary

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