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n. - Inflammation of the ileum.

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  • He had a stroke, and he also had ileitis, an operation which is very serious, in which he had to go under an antiseptic.
  • Several hours before she was to arrive, barium tests revealed that he might be suffering an acute recurrence of the ileitis condition he had had as president.
  • He had no sooner recovered from this than he underwent abdominal surgery for ileitis, and then at the very beginning of his second term in November of 1957, he suffered...
  • Other people with special nutritional needs who should definitely take a multivitamin include anyone who is pregnant, likely to become pregnant, or breast-feeding; anyone with...
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