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Noun: irritable bowel syndrome
  1. Recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhoea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress
    - spastic colon, mucous colitis, IBS

Type of: colitis, inflammatory bowel disease

Encyclopedia: Irritable bowel syndrome