Inflammation of the colon is known as?

• A. Colitis
• B. Gastritis
• C. Enteritis
• D. Cholecystectomy

Answer: (A)

The main idea is how medical terms light up the body part and the condition. When you see a root for a body part plus the suffix -itis, it means inflammation of that part. Col/o stands for the colon, so colitis means inflammation of the colon. The other terms point to different things: gastritis is inflammation of the stomach, enteritis is inflammation of the small intestine, and cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder, not an inflammation. So colitis is the correct term for inflammation of the colon.