ulcerative colitis

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   a serious chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine and rectum characterized by recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and fever and chills and profuse diarrhea

   Broadercolitis

Questions about ulcerative colitis

What does ulcerative colitis mean?

ulcerative colitis means "a serious chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine and rectum characterized by recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and fever and chills and profuse diarrhea".

Is ulcerative colitis a common word?

ulcerative colitis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.