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COLITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the colon

Synonyms:

colitis; inflammatory bowel disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("colitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colitis"):

Crohn's disease; regional enteritis; regional ileitis (a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss)

irritable bowel syndrome; mucous colitis; spastic colon (recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress)

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)

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 Context examples: 

Phthalylsulfathiazole is used in the treatment of dysentery, colitis, and gastroenteritis.

(Phthalylsulfathiazole, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of ulcerative colitis.

(MIR192 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of ulcerative colitis.

(MIR192 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Microscopic colitis characterized by the accumulation of lymphocytes in the colonic epithelium and lamina propria.

(Lymphocytic Colitis, NCI Thesaurus)

It may also be used to treat certain other conditions, such as Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis.

(Mercaptopurine, NCI Dictionary)

Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease – collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – are chronic conditions that involve inflammation of the gut.

(New prognostic test could enable personalised treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, University of Cambridge)

The virus may cause retinitis, esophagitis, gastritis, and colitis.

(Cytomegaloviral Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

The resin has anti-inflammatory effects and has been used to treat arthritis, asthma, and ulcerative colitis.

(Boswellia serrata, NCI Dictionary)

Patients with chronic ulcerative colitis are at a higher risk in developing appendiceal adenocarcinomas compared to the general population.

(Appendix Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammatory bowel disease is an illness that covers conditions that include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

(Fasting-Like Diets May Reverse Gut Inflammation, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)