ulcerative colitis

noun

, Pathology.

chronic ulceration in the large intestine, characterized by painful abdominal cramps and profuse diarrhea containing pus, blood, and mucus.

My 16-year-old daughter was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.

It may result from any form of enteritis as simple, mucous and ulcerative colitis, or an intestinal malignant growth.

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