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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
enteritis
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 is faster in patients with chronic radiation enteritis.
▪ Medical therapy of diarrhoea caused by chronic radiation enteritis has been largely empirical and there have been no adequate controlled studies.
▪ Further work is necessary to clarify the role of this environmental organism in chronic enteritis in man.
■ VERB
cause
▪ Medical therapy of diarrhoea caused by chronic radiation enteritis has been largely empirical and there have been no adequate controlled studies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At necropsy the carcass has a dehydrated appearance and there is an enteritis in the ileum.
▪ Chronic radiation enteritis is now recognised as a frequent and clinically important sequel of abdominal and pelvic irradiation treatment for malignant disease.
▪ However, in some tropical and subtropical areas, some species are responsible for severe enteritis in calves.
▪ Mycobacterium paratuberculosis is the causative agent of Johne's disease, a chronic enteritis in ruminants and in other animals.
▪ The breed is prone to occasional stomach troubles and bouts of enteritis so a good-quality diet is essential.
▪ This results in a catarrhal enteritis with impairment of digestion and absorption.
▪ Wehave shown for the first time that small intestinal and whole gut transit is faster in patients with chronic radiation enteritis.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enteritis

Enteritis \En`te*ri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the intestines.
--Hoblyn.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
enteritis

"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.

Wiktionary
enteritis

n. (context pathology English) Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.

WordNet
enteritis

n. inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine); usually characterized by diarrhea

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Wikipedia
Enteritis

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 system are:

stomach stomach and small intestine large intestine large and small intestine

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.