mucous colitis

n.

A disease of the mucous membrane of the colon, characterized by colicky pain, constipation or diarrhea, and the passage of mucous or slimy pseudomembranous shreds and patches.myxomembranous colitis

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Words nearby mucous colitis

mucoserous, mucoserous cell, mucosulfatidosis, mucous, mucous cell, mucous colitis, mucous connective tissue, mucous gland, mucous membrane, mucous plug, mucoviscidosis
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