Akademik

spastic colon

noun

recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress

• Syn: ↑irritable bowel syndrome, ↑mucous colitis

• Hypernyms: ↑colitis, ↑inflammatory bowel disease

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Pathol.

See irritable bowel syndrome.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.