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 | ||