Medical dictionary. 2011.
Inflammation — A basic way in which the body reacts to infection, irritation or other injury, the key feature being redness, warmth, swelling and pain. Inflammation is now recognized as a type of nonspecific immune response. More information: In technical terms … Medical dictionary
Pseudomembranous colitis — Severe inflammation of the inner lining of the colon. Pseudomembranous colitis is characterized by pus and blood in the stool and often caused by antibiotics. * * * see Clostridium * * * see under enterocolitis … Medical dictionary
Colitis, pseudomembranous — Severe inflammation of the inner lining of the colon due usually to the clostridium difficile (C.difficile) bacterium, one of the most common causes of infection of the large bowel (colon) in the United States, affecting millions of patients… … Medical dictionary
enteritis — Inflammation of the intestine, especially of the small intestine. [entero + G. itis, inflammation] e. anaphylactica a hemorrhagic and necrotizing inflammation developing in the ileum (and also the colon) of sensitized dogs when they are fed a… … Medical dictionary
enterocolitis — Inflammation of the mucous membrane of a greater or lesser extent of both small and large intestines. SYN: coloenteritis. [entero + G. kolon, colon, + itis, inflammation] antibiotic e. e. caused by oral administration of broad spectrum… … Medical dictionary
colitis — Inflammation of the colon. [G. kolon, colon, + itis, inflammation] amebic c. inflammation of the colon in amebiasis. collagenous c. c. occurring mostly in middle aged women and characterized by persistent watery diarrhea and a … Medical dictionary
Bronchitis — Inflammation and swelling of the bronchi. Bronchitis can be acute or chronic. Chronic bronchitis usually is defined clinically as a daily cough with production of sputum for 3 months, two years in a row. In chronic bronchitis, there is… … Medical dictionary
Conjunctivitis — Inflammation of the conjuctivae, the membranes on the inner part of the eyelids and the membranes covering the whites of the eyes. These membranes react to a wide range of bacteria, viruses, allergy provoking agents, irritants and toxic agents.… … Medical dictionary
gastritis — Inflammation, especially mucosal, of the stomach. [gastr + G. itis, inflammation] alkaline reflux g. an inflammation of the gastric mucosa believed to be caused by irritating factors that reflux from the … Medical dictionary
laryngitis — Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx. [laryngo + G. itis, inflammation] chronic posterior l. a form of l. involving principally the interarytenoid area; thought to be caused by … Medical dictionary
