Inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are extremely painful and can lead to colorectal cancer.
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Colitis
//kəˈlaɪtɪs//
Synonyms for "colitis" (148 found)
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colonitisconjunctivitiscystitisdegenerative arthritisdiffuse inflammationdiverticulitisdiverticulosisduodenal ulcerduodenitisencephalitisendocarditisenteritisequine encephalomyelitisesophagal ulceresophagitisexudative inflammationfibroid inflammationfocal inflammationgastritisgingivitis
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glossitisgonococcal arthritisgonorrheal arthritisgonorrheal rheumatismgoutgouty arthritishemophilic arthritishepatitishiatal herniahyperplastic inflammationhypertrophic arthritishypertrophic inflammationinfectional arthritisinfectious hepatitisinflammationinflammatory bowel diseaseirritable bowel syndromelaryngitislumbagolumbar rheumatismmastoiditismegacolonmeningitis
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menopausal arthritismetastatic inflammationmetritismilk legmucous colitismumps meningitismyelitisnecrotic inflammationnephritisneuritisobliterative inflammationophthalitisophthalmiaorchitisosseous rheumatismosteitisosteoarthritisosteomyelitisotitisovaritis
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paradental pyorrheapenitispeptic ulcerpericarditisperiodontitisperitonitispharyngitisphlebitispodagrapolypproliferative arthritisprostatitispyonephritispyorrheapyorrhea alveolarisreactive inflammationrheumatismrheumatizrheumatoid arthritisrhinitissclerosing inflammationseroplastic inflammationserous inflammationserum hepatitissimple inflammationsinusitisspastic colonspecific inflammationstomach ulcersubacute rheumatismsuppurative arthritissuppurative inflammationsyphilitic arthritistennis elbowtestitisthrombophlebitistonsilitistorticollistoxic inflammationtraumatic inflammationtuberculous arthritistuberculous rheumatismulcerulcerative colitisuratic arthritisureteritisurethral arthritisurethritisuteritisvaginitisvertebral arthritisvisceral rheumatismvulvitiswryneck
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12 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- colitis noun (inflammation of the colon)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 結腸炎 /结肠炎 noun (inflammation of the colon)
Czech
1 entries- kolitida noun (inflammation of the colon)
Finnish
1 entries- paksunsuolen tulehdus noun (inflammation of the colon)
French
1 entries- colite noun (inflammation of the colon)
Italian
1 entries- colite noun (inflammation of the colon)
Malay
2 entries- kolitis noun (inflammation of the colon)
- radang usus besar noun (inflammation of the colon)
Marathi
1 entries- आंत्रशोथ noun (inflammation of the colon)
Portuguese
1 entries- colite noun (inflammation of the colon)
Spanish
1 entries- colitis noun (inflammation of the colon)
Turkish
1 entries- kolit noun (inflammation of the colon)
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Peritoneal fluid was commonly found in acute colitides, particularly pseudomembranous, infectious, and ischemic colitides, and not in chronic IBD.
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Crohn's disease and colitis
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