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pouchitis

Noun

Meaning

pouchitis (uncountable)

English Wikipedia has an article on:pouchitisWikipedia
inflammation of the ileal pouch (an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut tissue in patients who have undergone a colectomy).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

As I stated last June I became really sick again and on meds for what they though at the time was “pouchitis” and i was referred to a specialist. Source: Internet

I had j pouch surgery for ulcerative colitis back In 1990 and have been lucky enough to have no bouts of pouchitis. Source: Internet

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