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inflammatory bowel disease
(redirected from Inflammatory bowel)

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inflammatory bowel disease [in‚flam·ə‚tȯr·ē ′bau̇l diz‚ēz]
(medicine)
A general term for two closely related conditions, ulcerative colitis and regional enteritis or Crohn's disease.


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The label also says Accutane has been "associated with" other conditions including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but this implies a lower risk--one that doctors may regard as insignificant, according to plaintiff attorneys.
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