colitis(n = noun.state) inflammatory bowel disease - inflammation of the colon;
is a kind of inflammation, redness, rubor
has particulars: crohn's disease, regional enteritis, regional ileitis, irritable bowel syndrome, mucous colitis, spastic colon, ulcerative colitis
An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis. [1913 Webster]
colitis, n. inflammation of the lining of the colon.