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pouchitis

noun

Etymology

From pouch + -itis.

  1. derived from *pokō✻ — “pouch”
  2. derived from poche
  3. derived from pouche
  4. inherited from pouche
  5. suffixed as pouchitis — “pouch + itis”

Definitions

  1. inflammation of the ileal pouch (an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut…

    inflammation of the ileal pouch (an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut tissue in patients who have undergone a colectomy).

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