Phlebitis
Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In medical jurisprudence. An inflammation of the veins, which may originate in septicœmia (bacterial bloodpoisoning) or pyæmia (poisoning from pus), and is capable of being transmitted to other tissues, as, the brain or the muscular tissue of the heart In the latter case, an inflammation of the heart is produced which is calied "endocarditis" and which may result fataliy. See Succession of Bidwell, 52 La. Ann. 744, 27 South. 281.