noun
inflammation of the colon
• Syn: ↑colitis
• Hypernyms: ↑inflammation, ↑redness, ↑rubor
• Hyponyms:
↑regional enteritis, ↑regional ileitis, ↑Crohn's disease, ↑irritable bowel syndrome, ↑spastic colon, ↑mucous colitis, ↑ulcerative colitis
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noun : an inflammatory disease of the bowel
a. : crohn's disease
b. : ulcerative colitis
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any intestinal inflammatory disease, esp. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, of unknown cause. Abbr.: IBD
Useful english dictionary. 2012.