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colitis
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Word definitions for colitis in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. inflammation of the colon [syn: inflammatory bowel disease ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Colitis \Co*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) inflammation of the colon.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1860, from comb. form of colon (n.2) + -itis .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Colitis ( pl. colitides) refers to an inflammation of the colon . Colitis may be acute and self-limited or chronic , i.e. persistent, and broadly fits into the category of digestive diseases . In a medical context, the label colitis (without qualification) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE active ▪ Patients with active colitis were colonised less frequently and with lower numbers of E coli than were control patients. ▪ We elected to include this patient in the study since the entire remaining right ...
Usage examples of colitis.
The subject was probably pericarditis, colitis, or the perils of lactose intolerance.
Being so physically disabled, especially with heart disease, brain damage, asthma, ulcers, or colitis, that you require medical supervision and approval before undergoing stress of moderate intensity.
Sometimes this fatigue is combined with some serious physical problem--arthritis, colitis, multiple sclerosis--and must have medical attention.
The nurse had just left the ward, her arms full of the diabetic's toffees, the duodenal ulcer's iced buns and the bunch of bananas given to a nasty case of colitis, when there was a loud rumbling which became a roar of sound as one side of the ward seemed to shake and quiver and become submerged in a cloud of dust and broken glass and falling plaster.
It is also excellent for all digestive disorders, especially ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Taken unsweetened, three times a day, Elm Food gives excellent results in gastritis, gastric catarrh, mucous colitis and enteritis, being tolerated by the stomach when all other foods fail, and is of great value in bronchitis, bleeding from the lungs and consumption (being most healing to the lungs), soothing a cough and building up and preventing wasting.