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Definition of Mucous colitis

1. Noun. Recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress.

Medical Definition of Mucous colitis

1. An affection of the mucous membrane of the colon characterised by colicky pain, constipation or diarrhoea (sometimes alternating), and passage of mucous or slimy pseudomembranous shreds and patches. Synonym: mucocolitis, myxomembranous colitis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mucous Colitis

Literary usage of Mucous colitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1917)
"LUKE'S AND CITY HOSPITALS mucous colitis Occurrence, Character of Stools, Pathology, ... mucous colitis (colica mucosa) is a condition characterized by the ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"Thirdly, true mucous colitis, a secretion neurosis of the large intestine met with particularly in nervous and hysterical patients. ..."

3. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"Personally I am not convinced that this is so; rather do I believe that the neurasthenia so often accompanying mucous colitis is a result of the combination ..."

4. Differential diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1912)
"... physique which may be inferred from the above description, these symptoms suggest especially the condition known as "colica mucosa" or mucous colitis. ..."

5. A Manual of the Practice of Medicine: Prepared Especially for Students by Arthur Albert Stevens (1892)
"mucous colitis Definition.—mucous colitis, or mucous colic, is a chronic secretory neurosis of the colon, characterized by the regular or periodic passage ..."

6. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1917)
"LUKE'S AND CITY HOSPITALS mucous colitis Occurrence, Character of Stools, Pathology, ... mucous colitis (colica mucosa) is a condition characterized by the ..."

7. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"Thirdly, true mucous colitis, a secretion neurosis of the large intestine met with particularly in nervous and hysterical patients. ..."

8. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"Personally I am not convinced that this is so; rather do I believe that the neurasthenia so often accompanying mucous colitis is a result of the combination ..."

9. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1906)
"Considering how ineffectual the medical treatment of mucous colitis has proved ... He quite dissents from the view that mucous colitis and appendicitis are ..."

10. Differential diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1912)
"... physique which may be inferred from the above description, these symptoms suggest especially the condition known as "colica mucosa" or mucous colitis. ..."

11. A Manual of the Practice of Medicine: Prepared Especially for Students by Arthur Albert Stevens (1892)
"mucous colitis Definition.—mucous colitis, or mucous colic, is a chronic secretory neurosis of the colon, characterized by the regular or periodic passage ..."

12. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1906)
"Considering how ineffectual the medical treatment of mucous colitis has proved ... He quite dissents from the view that mucous colitis and appendicitis are ..."

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