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enteric
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Word definitions for enteric in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Enteric can refer to: A general term describing something related to or associated with the intestines Microorganisms that inhabit the intestines are commonly known as enteric bacteria Enteric nervous system Enteric coating that is often applied to pills ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to the enteron [syn: enteral ] of or relating to or inside the intestines; "intestinal disease" [syn: intestinal , enteral ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines 2 staying intact in the stomach, then dissolving in the intestine
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enteric \En*ter"ic\, a. [Gr. ?. See Enteritis .] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal. Enteric fever (Med.), typhoid fever.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to the intestines," 1822, from Latinized form of Greek enterikos "intestinal," first used in this sense by Aristotle, from entera (plural; singular enteron ) "intestines," from PIE *enter- , comparative of *en "in" (see inter- ).
Usage examples of enteric.
We had lobar pneumonia, meningococcal meningitis, streptococcal infections, diphtheria, endocarditis, enteric fevers, various septicemias, syphilis, and, always, everywhere, tuberculosis.
The victory left the Boers in possession of the waterworks, and Bloemfontein had to fall back upon her wells--a change which reacted most disastrously upon the enteric which was already decimating the troops.
A Bureau safe-house can be anything and anywhere - there's one in the basement of the British Consulate in Marseilles and there's one in Madame Labhouet's bordello in Abidjan on the Ivory coast and there's one in the Horacio Escobar Clinic for Enteric Diseases in downtown Santiago - so a psychiatrist's office in Miami, Florida, wasn't untypical.