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irritable_bowel_syndrome

irritable bowel syndrome

English

Noun

irritable bowel syndrome ‎(uncountable)

(pathology) A functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms such as cramp, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea and constipation.

Translations

functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive

Chinese:
Mandarin: 腸易激綜合徵, 肠易激综合征 ‎(chángyìjī zònghézhēng), 腸燥症, 肠燥症 ‎(chángzàozhèng)
Finnish: ärtyvän suolen oireyhtymä
French: côlon irritable m
German: Reizdarmsyndrom
Irish: siondróm putóige greannaithí m

Italian: sindrome dell'intestino irritabile f
Latin: intestinum irritabile
Polish: zespół jelita drażliwego m
Russian: синдро́м раздражённого кише́чника m ‎(sindróm razdražónnovo kišéčnika)
Spanish: síndrome del intestino irritable m

Abbreviations

IBS

See also

Crohn's disease
irritable bowel syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia