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diaphragmitis en · NOUN

Etymology

From diaphragm + -itis.

Meanings

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

Synonyms

diaphragmatitis