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pancolitis

pancolitis noun: a very severe form of ulcerative colitis that spreads throughout the large intestine from cecum to rectum.

Noun

pancolitis (uncountable)

  1. A very severe form of ulcerative colitis that spreads throughout the large intestine from cecum to rectum.
    • The PSC was also more prevalent in patients with pancolitis.2015, Ahmad Khosravi Khorashad et al., “Frequency and risk factors of primary sclerosing cholangitis among patients with inflammatory bowel disease in North-East of Iran”, in Gastroenterology and...

Origin of pancolitis

From pan- + colitis.

Questions about pancolitis

What does pancolitis mean?
Pancolitis means a very severe form of ulcerative colitis that spreads throughout the large intestine from cecum to rectum.
What part of speech is pancolitis?
Pancolitis is a noun.

Words near pancolitis in the dictionary

  1. panclastites
  2. Pancoast
  3. Pancoast tumor
  4. Pancoast tumors
  5. pancognitivism
  6. pancolitis
  7. pancolonic
  8. pancolonoscopies
  9. pancolonoscopy
  10. pancontinental
  11. pancorneal

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