Enterocolitis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Enterocolitis is a noun meaning (medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the small intestine and of the colon.
Meaning
(medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the small intestine and of the colon.
Example Sentences
Idiopathic IBD also must be differentiated from infectious, ischemic, and radiation enterocolitides.
Word Forms
- enterocolitides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include necrotizing, pseudomembranous, gastroenterocolitis, coloenteritis, gastroileitis, mucositis.
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