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pouchitis

pouchitis noun: inflammation of the ileal pouch (an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut tissue in patients who have undergone a colectomy).

Noun

pouchitis (uncountable)

  1. inflammation of the ileal pouch (an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut tissue in patients who have undergone a colectomy).

Origin of pouchitis

From pouch + -itis.

Questions about pouchitis

What does pouchitis mean?
Pouchitis means inflammation of the ileal pouch (an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut tissue in patients who have undergone a colectomy).
What part of speech is pouchitis?
Pouchitis is a noun.

Words near pouchitis in the dictionary

  1. pouchfuls
  2. pouchier
  3. pouchiest
  4. pouching
  5. pouchings
  6. pouchitis
  7. pouchless
  8. pouchlike
  9. pouchling
  10. pouchlings
  11. pouchmaker

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