Colitis is swelling or inflammation of the large intestine (colon). Colitis may be acute and self-limited or long-term. It broadly fits into the category of digestive diseases.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 617 inbound references to 大腸炎, and connects out to inguinal hernia, symptom or sign and human digestive system.
It is catalogued under topics including Colitis, Conditions diagnosed by stool test and Diarrhea.
Vinony links it to 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Colitis
- Medical condition (new).image
- Cryptitis high mag.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- A micrograph demonstrating cryptitis, a microscopic correlate of colitis. H&E stain.
- Medical condition (new).field
- Gastroenterology
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
114,741 papers- Microscopic colitis: lymphocytic colitis, collagenous colitis, and beyond.Human pathology · 2023
- Dissecting Microscopic Colitis Immunopathophysiology: Insights From Basic Research.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025
- Fulminant colitis.Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology · 2013
- Ischaemic colitis--review.Acta chirurgica Iugoslavica · 2008
- Microscopic colitis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2012
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Cryptitis high mag.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- health specialty
- gastroenterology
- Commons category
- Colitis
- topic's main category
- Category:Colitis
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C26723
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002583
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- infliximab
- ICD-9-CM
- 558.9
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- different from
- colic
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · 日本語
大腸炎（だいちょうえん、英Colitis）とは、結腸に炎症を生じる疾患の総称。
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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inguinal hernia
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symptom or sign
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human digestive system
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large intestine
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gastroenteritis
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hernia
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histopathology
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ascending cholangitis
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combination therapy
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milk
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microscope
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fever
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diarrhea
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small intestine
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hemorrhoid
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digital object identifier
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parasitism
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inflammation
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dysentery
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