Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ulcerative colitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: ul-cer-a-tive -col-i-tis
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chronic disease, characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea mixed with blood, that results in inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum; one of the two main types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Submucosal thickening further contributes to luminal narrowing. Additionally, the lamina propria is thickened because of round-cell infiltration in both acute and chronic ulcerative colitides [7, 12]."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

ulcerative colitides (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Crohn's disease

Synonyms

UC

Questions

What does ulcerative colitis mean?: A chronic disease, characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea mixed with blood, that results in inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum; one of the two main types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

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