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colite ulcéreuse [1 record]

Record 1 2011-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Bowels
DEF

One of the principal types of inflammatory bowel disease, consisting of chronic, recurrent ulceration in the [rectum and] colon, chiefly of the mucosa and submucosa, having an unknown cause.

OBS

Ulcerative colitis is manifested clinically by cramping abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, and loose discharges of blood, pus, and mucus with scanty fecal particles. Complications include hemorrhoids, abcesses, fistulas, perforation of the colon, pseudopolyps and carcinoma.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Intestins
DEF

Affection inflammatoire et ulcérative du rectum et du côlon, d'étiologie inconnue, caractérisée par une inflammation chronique du côlon, évoluant par poussées successives de diarrhée hémorragique et purulente, qui s'accompagnent de signe généraux : fièvre, asthénie, anorexie, amaigrissement.

OBS

rectocolite : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Key term(s)
  • rectocolite ulcéro hémorragique
  • rectocolite ulcéro-hémorragique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Intestinos
DEF

Enfermedad inflamatoria y ulcerosa, de carácter crónico e inespecífico que afecta a la mucosa del recto, del sigma y del colon descendente. Va acompañada de diarrea sanguinolenta y mucosa, con episodios agudos que pueden durar meses, seguidos de remisiones.

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