[
UK
/ˈʌlsəɹətˌɪv/
]
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to or characterized by ulceration
ulcerative colitis
How To Use ulcerative In A Sentence
- To compare drug treatment for active ulcerative colitis by colon hydrotherapy instrument with conventional drugs treatment.
- As a youth player, he developed ulcerative colitis, a bowel disease that limited his ability to play and train. Times, Sunday Times
- The main symptom of ulcerative colitis is frequent, watery diarrhoea, which may be accompanied by cramping abdominal pain and the passage of blood and/or mucus.
- Stress can worsen symptoms of conditions such as peptic ulcer, irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis.
- Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory disease of the large intestine, also called the colon. Times, Sunday Times
- Yuyangmo was a effective traditional Chinese medicine film agent and may regulate immunity function of patients with ulcerative rectitis.
- On examining more minutely with the magnifier, open-mouthed bronchial twigs, and very small blood-vessels, were seen plugged up with solid and fluid carbon, and, from the appearance of the morbid structure, it was manifest, that the ulcerative process had effected a complete disorganization of the _bronchial_ tubes of every calibre, while the smaller _arterial_ vessels had alone suffered, leaving the larger ones entire. [ An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners
- Crohn's disease and, more commonly, ulcerative colitis can involve the rectal area, presenting as proctitis or fistulae.
- It was the first attack of ulcerative colitis. Times, Sunday Times
- All patients underwent colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy before study entry to confirm the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis.