ileitis

ileitis
n.
inflammation of the ileum (small intestine). It may be caused by Crohn's disease, tuberculosis, the bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica, or typhoid or it may occur in association with ulcerative colitis (when it is known as backwash ileitis).

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  • ileítis — f. gastrol. Inflamación del íleon. Medical Dictionary. 2011. ileítis inflamación del íleon …   Diccionario médico

  • Ileītis — (gr.), Entzündung des Krummdarms, s.u. Darmentzündung …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • ileitis — [il΄ē īt′is] n. inflammation of the ileum …   English World dictionary

  • ileitis — /il ee uy tis/, n. Pathol. inflammation of the ileum. [1850 55; ILE + ITIS] * * * Chronic inflammation of part of the small intestine or large intestine (strictly, of the ileum). A more serious type, regional ileitis (Crohn disease), involves… …   Universalium

  • Ileitis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|K|50|0|k|50, ICD10|K|52|9|k|50 ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D007079Ileitis is an inflammation of the ileum, a portion of the… …   Wikipedia

  • ileítis — Inflamación crónica de una parte del intestino delgado o del intestino grueso (en rigor, del íleon). Una modalidad más seria, la ileítis regional (enfermedad de Crohn), afecta al intestino delgado y al grueso. Los síntomas de la ileítis son… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • ileitis — Inflammation of the ileum. backwash i. involvement of the terminal ileum by the inflammatory and ulcerative changes seen in chronic ulcerative colitis; distinguished from involvement of ileum and proximal …   Medical dictionary

  • Ileitis — Entzündung des Krummdarms * * * Ileitis   [zu Ileum] die, /... tiden, Entzündung des Krummdarms; Ileitis terminalis, Crohn Krankheit. * * * Ile|i|tis, die; , ...tiden (Med.): Entzündung des Ileums …   Universal-Lexikon

  • ileitis — noun inflammation of the ileum • Hypernyms: ↑inflammation, ↑redness, ↑rubor * * * ileitis Path. (ɪliːˈaɪtɪs) [f. ile um + itis.] Inflammation of the ileum. in Mayne Expos. Lex …   Useful english dictionary

  • ileítis terminal — f. gastrol. Enfermedad de Crohn. Medical Dictionary. 2011. ileítis terminal enfermedad de Crohn: inflamación de la …   Diccionario médico

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