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colonic(dictionary)
colonic(medicine)
colonic(dictionary)
diverticulitis, colonic(medicine)
colonic diverticulosis(medicine)
colonic fistula(medicine)
colonic polyp(medicine)
Colonic (adjective)(health)
colonic smear(medicine)

colonic diverticula (medicine) and ail (oh)


colonic diverticula (medicine)


colonic diverticula -->
diverticula of colon
Diverticula, which are herniations of mucosa and submucosa through or between fibres of the major muscle layer (muscularis propria) of the colon. Usually multiple, it occurs in 50% of western populations above the age of 70, but is much less common in Other populations. Can cause bleeding and episodes of severe inflammation.

Synonym: colonic diverticula.


ail (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: eglan]
what ails sth
formal the thing or things that are causing difficulties for something
::This initiative is not the answer to what ails our educational system.
[I and T] old-fashioned to be ill, or to make someone feel ill or unhappy