Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the portal vein and its branches.
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- noun
infective suppurative thrombosis of theportal vein
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Examples
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In accordance with the law of adaptation through natural selection, phylogeny, and association, one would expect no pain in abscess of the brain, in abscess of the liver, in pylephlebitis, in infection of the hepatic vessels, in endocarditis.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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From this viewpoint, we can understand the intermittent temperature in a patient who is convalescing from an extreme infection, as peritonitis, pylephlebitis, multiple abscess of the liver, etc.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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