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irritable colon

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irritable colon [′ir·əd·ə·bəl ′kō·lən]
(medicine)
Any of several disturbed colonic functions associated with anxiety or emotional stress. Also known as adaptive colitis; mucous colitis; spastic colon; unstable colon.


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