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Disorder of intestine, involving runs - not initially notifiable
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enteritis
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enteritis \En`te*ri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the intestines. --Hoblyn.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE chronic ▪ Mycobacterium paratuberculosis is the causative agent of Johne's disease, a chronic enteritis in ruminants and in other animals. ▪ Wehave shown for the first time that small intestinal and whole gut transit ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Enteritis is inflammation of the small intestine . It is most commonly caused by food or drink contaminated with pathogenic microbes. Symptoms include abdominal pain, cramping, diarrhea , dehydration , and fever . Inflammation of related organs of the gastrointestinal ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"acute inflammation of the bowels," 1808, medical Latin, coined c.1750 by French pathologist François-Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (1706-1767), from enteron "intestine" (see enteric ) + -itis .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine); usually characterized by diarrhea
Usage examples of enteritis.
He called “tidbit-itis” the cases of enteritis or gastritis due to too many carbohydrates, especially sugar.
One of our sloth bears became seriously ill with severe hemorrhagic enteritis after being given fish that had gone putrid by , a man who was convinced he was doing a good deed.
One of our sloth bears became seriously ill with severe hemorrhagic enteritis after being given fish that had gone putrid by a man who was convinced he was doing a good deed.
Taken unsweetened, three times a day, Elm Food gives excellent results in gastritis, gastric catarrh, mucous colitis and enteritis, being tolerated by the stomach when all other foods fail, and is of great value in bronchitis, bleeding from the lungs and consumption (being most healing to the lungs), soothing a cough and building up and preventing wasting.