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Definition of Colitis
1. Noun. Inflammation of the colon.
Specialized synonyms: Crohn's Disease, Regional Enteritis, Regional Ileitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Mucous Colitis, Spastic Colon, Ulcerative Colitis
Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor
Definition of Colitis
1. n. An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.
Definition of Colitis
1. Noun. (pathology) inflammation of the colon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Colitis
1. inflammation of the colon [n -TISES] : COLITIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Colitis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Colitis
Literary usage of Colitis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Digestive Diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1995)
"The 557 code, ischemie colitis, is not addressed. Note must be made that ischemie
colitis is a condition more common in elderly patients, and its occurrence ..."
2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1917)
"LUKE'S AND CITY HOSPITALS MUCOUS colitis Occurrence, Character of Stools, Pathology,
... Mucous colitis (colica mucosa) is a condition characterized by the ..."
3. Transactions of the American Therapeutic Society by American Therapeutic Society, Albert Ernest Gallant, Peter Brynberg Porter (1905)
"Washington, DC, read a paper on the TREATMENT OF CHRONIC colitis. It was his
purpose, he said, to make no division of chronic colitis, but to treat under ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"Thirdly, true mucous colitis, a secretion neurosis of the large intestine met
with particularly in nervous and hysterical patients. ..."
5. Nutrition and clinical dietetics by Herbert Swift Carter, Paul Edward Howe, Howard Harris Mason (1917)
"MEMBRANOUS colitis, MUCOUS COLIC OR CHRONIC MUCOUS colitis. ... Those with pain
along the colon and a tendency to diarrhea, ie, chronic mucous colitis. 2. ..."
6. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1919)
"Flexner, S. and Sweet, JE: The pathogenesis of experimental colitis and the
relationship of colitis in animals and man. Jour. Exper. ..."
7. A Treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1872)
"In the entero-colitis of infants, occurring in the cool months, and due to exposure
to cold, this treatment is especially useful. ..."
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