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colitis

C2 Topic:General Vocabulary
US /kəˈlaɪtɪs/ UK /kəˈlaɪtɪs/
Freq #57489

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    inflammation of the colon

    My poor colleague, Flexner, suffers from chronic colitis.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · inflammation of the colon inflammatory bowel disease
Word family
Derived forms colitogenicenterocolitisgastrocolitisgastroenterocolitishemicolitisileocolitispancolitisproctocolitis

Etymology

From col- + -itis.

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