Meanings
nouncolitis (usually uncountable, plural colitides or colitises)
plural colitides · plural colitises
- uncountableusuallymedicineInflammation of the colon.
Peritoneal fluid was commonly found in acute colitides, particularly pseudomembranous, infectious, and ischemic colitides, and not in chronic IBD.
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, →DOI, page 11Synonyms: colonitis
- abbreviationellipsisinformaluncountableusuallymedicineEllipsis of ulcerative colitis.
Crohn's disease and colitis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounInflammation of the colon.
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Catalan colitis
- colitisinflammation of the colon
Chinese Mandarin 結腸炎 /结肠炎
- 結腸炎 /结肠炎 (jiéchángyán)inflammation of the colon
Czech kolitida
- kolitidainflammation of the colon
Dutch colitis
- colitisinflammation of the colon
Finnish paksunsuolen tulehdus
- paksunsuolen tulehdusinflammation of the colon
French colite
- coliteinflammation of the colon
Italian colite
- coliteinflammation of the colon
Malay radang usus besar, kolitis
- radang usus besarinflammation of the colon
- kolitisinflammation of the colon
Portuguese colite
- coliteinflammation of the colon
Spanish colitis
- colitisinflammation of the colon
Turkish kolit
- kolitinflammation of the colon
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APA
colitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colitis
MLA
“colitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colitis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colitis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colitis.
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