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Inflammatory bowel disease
Pronunciation
Definition 1
A general term that refers to the inflammation of the colon and rectum. Inflammatory bowel disease includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
A spectrum of small and large bowel inflammatory diseases of unknown etiology. It includes Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and colitis of indeterminate type. (NCI Thesaurus)
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