regional ileitis

regional ileitis
noun
a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss
Hypernyms: ↑colitis, ↑inflammatory bowel disease

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noun
: ileitis that involves the distal portion of the ileum, sometimes spreads to the colon, and is characterized by diarrhea, cramping, loss of appetite and weight with local abscesses and scarring which produce a thickened, indurated, inelastic, and stenosed intestine

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  • ileítis regional — Eng. Regional ileitis Ver enfermedad de Crohn …   Diccionario de oftalmología

  • regional enteritis — Pathol. See Crohn s disease. Also called regional ileitis. * * * …   Universalium

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  • distal ileitis — regional ileitis, terminal ileitis Crohn disease affecting the ileum …   Medical dictionary

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