English noun: colitis | |||
1. | colitis (state) inflammation of the colon | ||
Synonyms | inflammatory bowel disease | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inflammation, redness, rubor | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, mucous colitis, regional enteritis, regional ileitis, spastic colon, ulcerative colitis | ||