ulcerative colitis
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Noun
ulcerative colitis (usually uncountable, plural ulcerative colitides)
- (pathology) A chronic disease, characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea mixed with blood, that results in inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum; one of the two main types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
- Synonym: (initialism) UC
- Coordinate term: Crohn's disease
- 1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number 1, , page 5:
- Submucosal thickening further contributes to luminal narrowing. Additionally, the lamina propria is thickened because of round-cell infiltration in both acute and chronic ulcerative colitides .