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(IBD) a general term for those inflammatory diseases of the intestines that have an unknown etiology, including Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Inflammatory bowel disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 31127 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1169 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|emerg|106 eMedicine2|oph|520 MeshID = D015212 In medicine, inflammatory… … Wikipedia
inflammatory bowel disease — A general term that refers to the inflammation of the colon and rectum. Inflammatory bowel disease includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease … English dictionary of cancer terms
inflammatory bowel disease — noun inflammation of the colon • Syn: ↑colitis • Hypernyms: ↑inflammation, ↑redness, ↑rubor • Hyponyms: ↑regional enteritis, ↑regional ileitis … Useful english dictionary
inflammatory bowel disease — any intestinal inflammatory disease, esp. Crohn s disease and ulcerative colitis, of unknown cause. Abbr.: IBD * * * ▪ pathology chronic inflammation of the intestines (intestine) that results in impaired absorption of nutrients (nutrient). IBD… … Universalium
inflammatory bowel disease — noun Date: 1977 either of two inflammatory diseases of the bowel: a. Crohn s disease b. ulcerative colitis … New Collegiate Dictionary
inflammatory bowel disease — (IBD) any of a group of inflammatory conditions of the intestine that include (among others) ulcerative colitis and Crohn s disease … Medical dictionary
inflammatory bowel disease — IBD any of a group of inflammatory conditions of the intestine that include (among others) ulcerative colitis and Crohn s disease … The new mediacal dictionary
Biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease — Biological therapy refers to the use of medication that is tailored to specifically target an immune or genetic mediator of disease. cite journal | author = Staren E, Essner R, Economou J | title = Overview of biological response modifiers. |… … Wikipedia
IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) — A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel the large or small intestine. The most common types of inflammatory bowel disease are ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease. Crohn disease favors the ileum (the… … Medical dictionary
Bowel disease, inflammatory — A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel the large or small intestine. The most common types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease. Crohn disease favors the ileum… … Medical dictionary
