APPENDICITIS • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Appendicitis

... Appendicitis. Left the nursing home three weeks ago. Been at the sea, and came back yesterday in time for this show. Getting a bit tired ...

— The Independence of Claire • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... Collins, the great full-back, who has been the key-stone of Yale's offensive game, was taken to the infirmary late this afternoon. He complained of feeling ill after the signal practice yesterday; fever developed overnight, and the consulting physicians decided that he must be operated on for appendicitis without delay. His place in the Princeton game will be filled by Ernest Seeley, the Freshman, who has been playing a phenomenal game in the back-field, but who is so lacking in experience that the coaches are all at sea to-night. ...

— Short Stories for English Courses • Various (Rosa M. R. Mikels ed.)