pouchitis

pouchitis

English

Etymology

From pouch +‎ -itis.

Noun

pouchitis (uncountable)

  1. 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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