What it means
In digestive health, UC means ulcerative colitis, a long-term inflammatory bowel diseasein-FLAM-uh-tor-ee BOW-ul dih-ZEEZA group of long-term diseases, mainly Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, in which the lining of the digestive tract becomes inflamed.Full entry in which the lining of the colon and rectum becomes inflamed and forms ulcers. In labor and delivery notes it means uterine contractionYOO-ter-in kun-TRAK-shunA tightening and then relaxing of the muscle of the uterus (womb), as happens during labor.Full entry . Read it in its context, and ask if the meaning is not clear.
Related terms
col/o
A word root that means colon, the large intestine.
inflammatory bowel disease
A group of long-term diseases, mainly Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, in which the lining of the digestive tract becomes inflamed.
uterine contraction
A tightening and then relaxing of the muscle of the uterus (womb), as happens during labor.