SPASTIC COLON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spastic colon mean? 

• SPASTIC COLON (noun)
  The noun SPASTIC COLON has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SPASTIC COLON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPASTIC COLON (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 ("spastic colon" is a kind of...):

colitis; inflammatory bowel disease (inflammation of the colon)

 Context examples 

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

(Mucus colitis, NCI Dictionary)

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

(Irritable Bowel Syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

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

(IBS, NCI Dictionary)

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

(Irritable colon, NCI Dictionary)