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hemicolitis

hemicolitis noun: one-sided colitis; inflammation of either the descending colon or ascending colon.

Noun

hemicolitis (uncountable)

  1. One-sided colitis; inflammation of either the descending colon or ascending colon.

Origin of hemicolitis

From hemi- + colitis.

Questions about hemicolitis

What does hemicolitis mean?
Hemicolitis means one-sided colitis; inflammation of either the descending colon or ascending colon.
What part of speech is hemicolitis?
Hemicolitis is a noun.

Words near hemicolitis in the dictionary

  1. hemiclonally
  2. hemiclone
  3. hemiclones
  4. hemicolectomies
  5. hemicolectomy
  6. hemicolitis
  7. hemicollin
  8. hemicolon
  9. hemicomplementation
  10. hemicomplemented
  11. hemicomplex

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