Irritable bowel syndrome

Definition: chronic noninflammatory disease characterized by abdominal pain, altered bowel habits consisting of diarrhea or constipation or both, and no detectable pathologic change; a variant form is characterized by painless diarrhea; it is a common disorder with a psychophysiologic basis; called also spastic or irritable colon.

Synonyms (terms occurring on more labels are shown first): irritable bowel syndrome, irritable colon, spastic colon, mucous colitis, spastic colitis

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