Inflammation of the portal vein or any of its branches. [G. pyle, a gate, + phleps, vein, + -itis, inflammation]
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py·le·phle·bi·tis .pī-lə-fli-'bīt-əs n, pl -bit·i·des -'bit-ə-.dēz inflammation of the renal portal vein usu. secondary to intestinal disease and with suppuration
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n.
septic inflammation and thrombosis of the hepatic portal vein. This is a rare result of the spread of infection within the abdomen (as from appendicitis). The condition causes severe illness, with fever, liver abscesses, and ascites. Treatment is by antibiotic drugs and surgical drainage of abscesses.
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py·le·phle·bi·tis (pi″le-flə-biґtis) [pyle- + phlebitis] inflammation of the portal vein; it usually results from intestinal disease.Medical dictionary. 2011.