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Mucocele vs Appendicitis - What's the difference?

mucocele | appendicitis |

As nouns the difference between mucocele and appendicitis

is that mucocele is (medicine) an enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter while appendicitis is (pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix.

mucocele

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.
    • (Dunglison)
    (Webster 1913)

    appendicitis

    English

    (wikipedia appendicitis)

    Noun

  • (pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix