S: (n) dacryocystitis (inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose)
S: (n) diverticulitis (inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation)
S: (n) encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis (inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use))
S: (n) pneumonitis (inflammation of the lungs; caused by a virus or an allergic reaction)
S: (n) posthitis (inflammation of the foreskin of the penis; usually caused by bacterial infection)
S: (n) proctitis (inflammation of the rectum; marked by bloody stools and a frequent urge to defecate; frequently associated with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis)
S: (n) prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever)
S: (n) ulcerative colitis (a serious chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine and rectum characterized by recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and fever and chills and profuse diarrhea)
S: (n) dacryocystitis (inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose)
S: (n) diverticulitis (inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation)
S: (n) encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis (inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use))
S: (n) dermatomyositis (myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling accompanied by skin rash affecting cheeks and eyelids and neck and chest and limbs; progression and severity vary among individuals)
S: (n) polymyositis (myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals)
S: (n) inclusion body myositis (myositis characterized by weakness of limb muscles (especially the thighs and wrists and fingers); sometimes involves swallowing muscles; onset after 50 and slowly progressive; seen more often in men than in women)
S: (n) trichinosis, trichiniasis, myositis trichinosa (infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted)
S: (n) orchitis (inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling)
S: (n) osteitis (inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration)
S: (n) Paget's disease, osteitis deformans (a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities)
S: (n) osteomyelitis (an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection))
S: (n) thrombophlebitis (phlebitis in conjunction with the formation of a blood clot (thrombus))
S: (n) pneumonitis (inflammation of the lungs; caused by a virus or an allergic reaction)
S: (n) posthitis (inflammation of the foreskin of the penis; usually caused by bacterial infection)
S: (n) proctitis (inflammation of the rectum; marked by bloody stools and a frequent urge to defecate; frequently associated with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis)
S: (n) prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever)
S: (n) symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
S: (n) evidence, grounds (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief) "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
S: (n) information (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)