Re: Brave Shelby fights Insulinitis (aka, type 1 diabetes, aka, juvenile diabetes)


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On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 08:36:35 -0500, "Pro-Humanist FREELOVER"
<prohumanist@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

LIFE changed dramatically for three-year-old Shelby
Birch, of Augusta, and her family, when she was diag-
nosed with Insulinitis

no one will find that fake word in her medical records.

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If INSULINITIS is a fake word it certainly appears in a lot of
dictionaries.

Below is just a few examples.

insulitis /in·su·li·tis/ (in?sdbobr-li´tis) lymphocytic infiltration of
the islets of Langerhans, suggesting an inflammatory or immunologic
reaction.

Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. © 2007 by Saunders, an
imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

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in·su·li·tis (ns-lts)
n.
A histologic change in the islets of Langerhans characterized by
edema and the infiltration of small numbers of white blood cells.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by
Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All
rights reserved.

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insulitis
[in's?li'tis]
a lymphocytic infiltration of the pancreatic beta cells in the islets of
Langerhans. The condition is associated with the development of type 1
diabetes mellitus. Also called isletitis.
Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. © 2009, Elsevier.

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insulitis
cellular infiltration of the islets of Langerhans, possibly in response to
invasion by an infectious agent.
Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 3 ed. © 2007 Elsevier, Inc.
All rights reserved

Put your reading glasses on and read what you wrote. You used the word
"insul-itits". He used the word "insulin-itis".


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