inflammatory bowel disease en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any of several gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders, forms of colitis (and sometimes also ileocolitis) not resulting from an infection.
Inflammatory bowel disease is often of an autoimmune nature.
Treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases has improved as human understanding of molecular biology has advanced.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inflammatory bowel diseases | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
hu gyulladásos bélbetegség (inflammatory disorder) · fi tulehduksellinen suolistosairaus (inflammatory disorder) · fr maladie inflammatoire chronique de l'intestin (inflammatory disorder) · pl nieswoiste zapalenie jelit (inflammatory disorder) · de chronisch-entzündliche Darmerkrankung (inflammatory disorder) · cmn 炎症性腸病 /炎症性肠病 (inflammatory disorder)