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IBS

British  

abbreviation

  1. irritable bowel syndrome

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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I can almost hear the eye roll when I contact Kirsten Jackson, an IBS Dietitian, who specialises in gut health.

From BBC

"I was told it was IBS or just a heavy period, I was told all sorts of reasons why I was in this pain," she said.

From BBC

"This synchronization will lead to stronger rainfall fluctuations in regions such as Southern California and the Iberian Peninsula, increasing the risk of hydroclimate 'whiplash' effects," says Prof. Axel TIMMERMANN, corresponding author of the study and Director of the IBS Center for Climate Physics at Pusan National University, South Korea.

From Science Daily

In the future, the team will explore the underlying global synchronization processes also in other high-resolution climate model simulations, including those with 9 km and 4 km resolution recently conducted at the IBS Center for Climate Physics on the Aleph supercomputer in South Korea.

From Science Daily

Despite the IBS that the famed sketch-comedy show allegedly gives its cast members, “SNL” has lifted the careers of comedians like Rudolph and Jones.

From Los Angeles Times