- pylethrombophlebitis
- Inflammation of the portal vein with the formation of a thrombus. [G. pyle, gate, + thrombos, a clot, + phleps, vein, + -itis, inflammation]
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py·le·throm·bo·phle·bi·tis (pi″le-throm″bo-flə-biґtis) [pyle- + thrombophlebitis] thrombosis and inflammation of the portal vein.
Medical dictionary. 2011.