pouchitis

pouchitis
Acute inflammation of the mucosa of an ileal reservoir or pouch that has been surgically created, usually following total colectomy for inflammatory bowel disease or multiple polyposis. [pouch + -itis, inflammation]

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pouch·itis (pouch-iґtis) [pouch + -itis] inflammation of the mucosa or occasionally of the full thickness of the intestinal wall of an ileal or ileoanal reservoir.

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