IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does irritable bowel syndrome mean? 

• IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress

  Familiarity information: IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

irritable bowel syndrome; mucous colitis; spastic colon

Hypernyms ("irritable bowel syndrome" is a kind of...):

colitis; inflammatory bowel disease (inflammation of the colon)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of breast carcinoma and diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

(MIR510 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of breast cancer and diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

(MIR510 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, irritable colon, and spastic colon.

(Mucus colitis, NCI Dictionary)

Also called IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, mucus colitis, and spastic colon.

(Irritable colon, NCI Dictionary)

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a problem that affects the large intestine.

(Irritable Bowel Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

This agent is used to treat diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome in women.

(Alosetron, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used for idiopathic constipation, secretory diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome.

(Calcium Polycarbophil, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called irritable bowel syndrome, irritable colon, mucus colitis, and spastic colon.

(IBS, NCI Dictionary)

Changes in these microbes have been associated with several diseases including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and irritable bowel syndrome.

(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)