MUCOUS COLITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mucous colitis mean? 

• MUCOUS COLITIS (noun)
  The noun MUCOUS COLITIS has 1 sense:

1. recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress

  Familiarity information: MUCOUS COLITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUCOUS COLITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

irritable bowel syndrome; mucous colitis; spastic colon

Hypernyms ("mucous colitis" is a kind of...):

colitis; inflammatory bowel disease (inflammation of the colon)