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ENTERITIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does enteritis mean?

• ENTERITIS (noun)
The noun ENTERITIS has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: ENTERITIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ENTERITIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine); usually characterized by diarrhea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("enteritis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enteritis"):

necrotizing enteritis (enteritis characterized by bloody diarrhea and severe abdominal pain)

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