Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inflammatory bowel disease

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: in-flam-ma-to-ry bow-el dis-ease
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

7

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders, forms of colitis (and sometimes also ileocolitis) not resulting from an infection.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Inflammatory bowel disease is often of an autoimmune nature."
"Treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases has improved as human understanding of molecular biology has advanced."

Usage

Inflected Forms

inflammatory bowel diseases (plural)

Synonyms

IBD

Questions

What does inflammatory bowel disease mean?: Any of several gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders, forms of colitis (and sometimes also ileocolitis) not resulting from an infection.

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