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

Derived forms: spastic colons

Type of: colitis, inflammatory bowel disease

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