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  1. Appendicitis is the inflammation of the 
  2. appendix, a small, blind extension of the
  3. bowel in the lower right abdomen. In an acute
  4. attack, the pus-filled appendix may burst, 
  5. causing a potentially lethal spread of 
  6. infection.  Treatment is possible by removal.
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  8. Subject by: Vince Pike
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