Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun irritable_bowel_syndrome

1 sense of irritable bowel syndrome

Sense 1
irritable bowel syndrome, spastic colon, mucous colitis -- (recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress)
       => colitis, inflammatory bowel disease -- (inflammation of the colon)