| NOUN | state | colitis, inflammatory bowel disease | inflammation of the colon |
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| Meaning | inflammation of the colon. | |
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| Synonym | inflammatory bowel disease | |
| Narrower | irritable bowel syndrome, spastic colon, mucous colitis | recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation) |
| regional enteritis, regional ileitis, Crohn's disease | A serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss | |
| ulcerative colitis | A serious chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine and rectum characterized by recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and fever and chills and profuse diarrhea | |
| Broader | inflammation, redness, rubor | A response of body tissues to injury or irritation |
| Spanish | colitis, enfermedad intestinal inflamatoria | |
| Catalan | colitis | |
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