Meanings
nounphlebitis (plural phlebitides)
plural phlebitides
- medicineInflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.
“So telleth, Bender-- What hath happened to you body?” “I hocked it.” “Hocked it? Why wouldst thou do that?” “Same reason you hocked your teeth.” “Ah, booze money.” “I remember my body. Flabby, pasty-skinned, riddled with phlebitis. A good Republican body. God, I loved it.”
1999 December 12, J. Stewart Burns, “A Head in the Polls” (11:16 from the start), in Futurama, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Richard Nixon (Billy West)
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian флебит
- флебит (flebit)inflammation of vein
Catalan flebitis
- flebitisinflammation of vein
Chinese Mandarin 靜脈炎 /静脉炎
- 靜脈炎 /静脉炎 (jìngmàiyán)inflammation of vein
Czech flebitida
- flebitidainflammation of vein
Finnish laskimotulehdus, flebiitti
- laskimotulehdusinflammation of vein
- flebiittiinflammation of vein
French phlébite
- phlébiteinflammation of vein
German Phlebitis, Venenentzündung
- Phlebitisinflammation of vein
- Venenentzündunginflammation of vein
Irish fleibíteas
- fleibíteasinflammation of vein
Italian flebite
- flebiteinflammation of vein
Polish zapalenie żył
- zapalenie żyłinflammation of vein
Portuguese flebite
- flebiteinflammation of vein
Russian флебит
- флебит (flebit)inflammation of vein
Spanish flebitis
- flebitisinflammation of vein
Welsh fflebitis, gwythïenwst
- fflebitisinflammation of vein
- gwythïenwstinflammation of vein
Cite this entry
APA
phlebitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phlebitis
MLA
“phlebitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phlebitis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phlebitis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phlebitis.
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