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IBS-D

IBS-D is the initialism of irritable bowel syndrome.

Meaning of irritable bowel syndrome

Noun

irritable bowel syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms such as cramp, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea and constipation.
    Synonyms:
    IBS

Questions about IBS-D

What is IBS-D the initialism of?
IBS-D is the initialism of irritable bowel syndrome.

Words near IBS-D in the dictionary

  1. Ibrox
  2. IBRS
  3. ibrutinib
  4. IBS
  5. IBS-C
  6. IBS-D
  7. IBSA
  8. Ibsen
  9. Ibsenesque
  10. Ibsenian
  11. Ibsenic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: IBS-D (page history and authors); irritable bowel syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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