inflammatory bowel disease

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any intestinal inflammatory disease, especially Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, of unknown cause. Abbreviation: IBD

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in flagrante delicto, inflame, inflammable, inflammation, inflammatory, inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory carcinoma, inflammatory lymph, inflammatory papillary hyperplasia, inflammatory pseudotumor, inflammatory rheumatism

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LabGenius has set its sights on inflammatory bowel disease as the first disease it wants to target.
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Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.
Should Teens Have The Right To Die?|Brandy Zadrozny|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He beat his illness twice, wrote about his battles with the disease, and continued broadcasting even as his health was failing.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was a reminder that, as Beyoncé once sang, “Perfection is the disease of a nation,” and her family is hardly flawless.
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World peace, religious tolerance, and an end to global poverty, hunger, and disease.
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Despite the obvious ongoing problems with disease and access to basics, the future of Africa is bright.
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In disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe: evil spreads as necessarily as disease.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
As a rule, however, persistent glycosuria is diagnostic of diabetes mellitus, of which disease it is the essential symptom.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Here they are seldom abundant, but their constant presence is the most reliable urinary sign of the disease.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The darkness, or rather the general misapprehension, which prevails on this subject, is a frightful source of disease and misery.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

Medical definitions for inflammatory bowel disease

inflammatory bowel disease

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Any of several incurable and debilitating diseases of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by inflammation and obstruction of parts of the intestine.

Scientific definitions for inflammatory bowel disease

inflammatory bowel disease

[ ĭn-flăm′ə-tôr′ē ]

Any of several chronic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, especially Crohn's disease or an ulcerative form of colitis, characterized by inflammation of the intestine and resulting in abdominal cramping and persistent diarrhea.

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