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noun · uncountable · rare

colitis

co·li·tis

Inflammation of the colonInflammation of the colon.

/kəˈlaɪtɪs/

» Inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are extremely painful and can lead to colorectal cancer.

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Meaning

1 senses

(uncountable, usually)Inflammation of the colon.
inflammation of the colon

Examples

1 sentences

Inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are extremely painful and can lead to colorectal cancer.
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Translations

5 languages

Origin

From col- + -itis.

From col- + -itis.

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Forms

plural: colitides / colitises

Singular	colitis

uncountable

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Close in meaning

inflammation of the colon:inflammatory bowel disease

Word family

10 related words

Derivedcolitogenic enterocolitis gastrocolitis gastroenterocolitis hemicolitis ileocolitis pancolitis proctocolitis rectocolitis ulcerative colitis

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

coleslaw colic coliseum collaborateC1 collaborationC1 collaborativeC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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