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colonic angiodysplasia (medicine)


colonic angiodysplasia
<gastroenterology> Abnormal collections of blood vessels (vascular ectasias) usually located in the right colon in persons over age 60.

Angiodysplasias account for 40% of the cases of recurrent or chronic lower GI bleeding in the elderly.

Origin: Gr. Plassein = to form