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Definition of Spastic colon

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

Medical Definition of Spastic colon

1. A bowel disorder with no demonstrable organic abnormality. Often referred to as a functional bowel disorder or spastic colon. Symptoms include episodic, crampy abdominal pains often related to anxiety. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spastic Colon

Literary usage of Spastic colon

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 (1918)
"Massage is not . indicated here, because we already have a spastic colon and manipulation would only increase this condition. ..."

2. Digestive Diseases of the U. S.: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1994)
"These rates are not directly comparable with those from the earlier survey because they are based on self-reported "spastic colon" and are therefore ..."

3. Food for the Sick by Solomon Strouse, Maude Alice Perry (1917)
"Practically all patients except those with the spastic colon or with the dilated rectum can be subjected to the same general scheme of treatment, ..."

4. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"However, it is one of several preferred treatments for muscle contraction (tension) headaches, migraine headaches, irritable bowel (spastic colon) syndrome, ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"... of the effects of stasis or the relief of mechanical drags must have some influence. The tender spastic colon as a rule progressively disappears as ..."

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