noun

• Inflammation of the ileum.

  ‘A woman patient of ours had had multiple operations on her bowel for ileitis and colitis induced by radiation.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Advances in molecular techniques have by and large established the aetiology of regional ileitis (Crohn's disease) due to M. paratiibercnlosis, a species closely related to M. avium.’
  • ‘The ileitis in this disease is acute and subacute.’
  • ‘Ten percent of cases have backwash ileitis with involvement of the terminal ileum.’
  • ‘Feeding hay to pigs is an aid for ileitis,’ Dan Wilson said.’