See Also: Turk(dictionary)
Turk(dictionary)
Turk(medicine)
Turk's cap(dictionary)
Grand Turk(tourism)
Turk's leukocyte(medicine)
Turk's head(dictionary)
Turk cell(medicine)
Turk, Siegmund(medicine)
Shatuo Turk(encyclopedia)

Mucous colitis (health) and Turk (medicine)


Mucous colitis (health)


A disorder in which the nerves that control the muscles in the GI tract are too active causing it to become sensitive to Food, stool, gas, and stress. Causes abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation or diarrhea. Also called spastic colon or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).









Turk (medicine)


turk


1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; especially, one of the dominant race in Turkey.

2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.

3. A Mohammedan; especially, one living in Turkey. "It is no good reason for a man's Religion that he was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to be a Christian." (Chillingworth)

4. <zoology> The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum. Turk's cap.

<botany> A plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.

Origin: Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F. Turc.

Source: Websters Dictionary