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phlebitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /flɪˈbaɪtɪs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F L AH0 B AY1 T IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of a vein (usually in the legs)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

Narrower terms: thrombophlebitis

History

Etymology

From phleb(o)- + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: флебит (flebit) — inflammation of vein
  • Catalan: flebitis — inflammation of vein
  • Chinese Mandarin: 靜脈炎 /静脉炎 (jìngmàiyán) — inflammation of vein
  • Czech: flebitida — inflammation of vein
  • Finnish: laskimotulehdus — inflammation of vein
  • Finnish: flebiitti — inflammation of vein
  • French: phlébite — inflammation of vein
  • Galician: flebite — inflammation of vein
  • German: Phlebitis — inflammation of vein
  • German: Venenentzündung — inflammation of vein
  • Irish: fleibíteas — inflammation of vein
  • Italian: flebite — inflammation of vein
  • Portuguese: flebite — inflammation of vein
  • Russian: флебит (flebit) — inflammation of vein
  • Spanish: flebitis — inflammation of vein
  • Welsh: fflebitis — inflammation of vein
  • Welsh: gwythïenwst — inflammation of vein