Definition of colitis Colitis

co•li•tis

We found 5 definitions of colitis from 5 different sources.

What does colitis mean?

Noun Plural: colitises
colitis - inflammation of the colon
		inflammatory bowel disease
		rubor, redness, inflammation arousal to violent emotion
		crohn's disease, regional enteritis, regional ileitis a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss
		irritable bowel syndrome, mucous colitis, spastic colon recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress