| GC | ganglion cell; gas chromatography; general circulation; general closure; general condition; generali... |
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| HC | hair cell; hairy cell; handicapped; head circumference; head compression; health care; healthy contr... |
| IUC | idiopathic ulcerative colitis |
| MC | mass casualties; mast cell; Master of Surgery [Lat. Magister Chirurgiae]; maximum concentration; Med... |
| MUC | maximum urinary concentration; mucilage; mucosal ulcerative colitis |
| crohn's colitis | Crohn's disease involving only the large intestine (colon). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| haemorrhagic colitis | Abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhoea, without fever, attributed to a self-limited infection by a strain of Escherichia coli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudomembranous colitis | <gastroenterology> A form of gastroenteritis which occurs when there is an over-growth of Clostridium difficile bacteria in the intestine. This can occur after long-term treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics. (25 Nov 1998) |
| spastic colitis | See Syndrome, irritable bowel. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ulcerative colitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the colon and rectum: cause unclear, although there are often antibodies to colonic epithelium and E. Coli strain 0119 B14. (18 Nov 1997) |
| ulcerative colitis: extracolonic manifestations | <radiology> Iritis, erythema nodosum, pyoderma gangrenosum, pericholangitis, chronic active hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, fatty liver, spondylitis, peripheral arthritis, coincidental rheumatoid arthritis, thrombotic complications see: ulcerative colitis (12 Dec 1998) |
| uraemic colitis | Colitis characterised by haemorrhages in the mucosa, occurring in renal failure, possibly owing to the irritant effect of ammonia formed by breakdown of increased urea in the intestinal secretions. (05 Mar 2000) |