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colitises

colitises is the plural of colitis.

Meaning of colitis

Noun

colitis (usually uncountable, plural colitides or colitises)

  1. (usually) inflammation of the colon.
    • Peritoneal fluid was commonly found in acute colitides, particularly pseudomembranous, infectious, and ischemic colitides, and not in chronic IBD.1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number...
    Synonyms:
    colonitis

Questions about colitises

What is colitises the plural of?
Colitises is the plural of colitis.

Words near colitises in the dictionary

  1. colitas
  2. colitic
  3. colitides
  4. colitigenic
  5. colitis
  6. colitises
  7. colitogen
  8. colitogenic
  9. colitogens
  10. colitose
  11. colitoses

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