pouchitis

Questions

What does pouchitis mean?

inflammation of the ileal pouch (an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut tissue in patients who have undergone a colectomy).

Where does pouchitis come from?

From pouch + -itis.

How to pronounce pouchitis

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