colitis C2 Topic:Health & Medicine US /kəˈlaɪtɪs/ UK /kəˈlaɪtɪs/ See IPA manual Freq #57489 Meanings 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. Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # colitis **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kəˈlaɪtɪs/ **IPA (UK):** /kəˈlaɪtɪs/ **Frequency rank:** 57489 ## Meanings 1. inflammation of the colon ## Examples - My poor colleague, Flexner, suffers from chronic colitis. ## Synonyms - inflammatory bowel disease ## Derived Forms - colitogenic - enterocolitis - gastrocolitis - gastroenterocolitis - hemicolitis - ileocolitis - pancolitis - proctocolitis ## Etymology From col- + -itis. ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown