enteritis
pronunciation
How to pronounce enteritis in British English:
UK [ˌentəˈraɪtəs]
How to pronounce enteritis in American English:
US [ˌɛntəˈraɪtɪs]
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- Noun:
- inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine); usually characterized by diarrhea
Word Origin
- enteritis (n.)
- "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 "inflammation."
Example
- 1. Candida albicans to nystatin oral enteritis , better effect .
- 2. The doctors could only define her sudden and devastating illness as " necrotising enteritis " .
- 3. In 1900 , pneumonia , tuberculosis ( tb ) , and diarrhea / enteritis were the top three killers of americans , according to the cdc .
- 4. How does office worker treat stomach trouble and chronic enteritis ?
- 5. Doctors there said it was gastritis and enteritis and refused to pay to send zhang to a public hospital .