mucous colitis

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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

How to use mucous colitis in a sentence

Traveling through the bodily fluids of an infected person, Ebola enters through a mucous membrane or break in the skin.
Blood Is Ebola’s Weapon and Weakness|Abby Haglage|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My 16-year-old daughter was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.
Your Puffy-Face Moments, Inspired by Ashley Judd||April 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Small fragments of mucous membrane may be found, and when examined by a pathologist, may occasionally establish the diagnosis.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The damage which they do to the mucous membrane favors bacterial invasion.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

It lives in the large intestine, especially the cecum, with its slender extremity embedded in the mucous membrane.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The mucous membranes become dry and insensitive, especially those of the fauces.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy|Alexander Hughes Bennett
Here occur fever, anaemia, neuralgic pains, and the eruptions on the skin and the mucous membranes.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley