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appendicitis
Disease Summary
Associated Targets (4)
Tbio
3
Tclin
1
Mondo Description Acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
Disease Ontology Description A gastrointestinal system infectious disease that involves inflammation and infection of the appendix caused by the blockage of the lumen with a small, hard piece of stool, a foreign body or worms. Mucus backs up in the appendiceal lumen, causing bacteria that live inside the appendix to multiply. The infection has_symptom pain, in the upper abdomen initially and later in the lower abdomen, has_symptom nausea, has_symptom vomiting and has_symptom fever.
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Description from Mondo Disease Ontology.
Description from Disease Ontology
DataSources which have contributed target associations to this disease, and the identifiers by which the disease is referenced.
COHD:440448
DOID:8337
EFO:0007149
MESH:D001064
NCIT:C35145
SCTID:74400008
UMLS:C0003615
MONDO:0005649
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