enteritis
English
Noun
enteritis (countable and uncountable, plural enteritides or enteritises)
- (pathology) Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.
Translations
intestinal disease
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Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”) + -itis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enteˈɾitis/ [ẽn̪.t̪eˈɾi.t̪is]
- Rhymes: -itis
- Syllabification: en‧te‧ri‧tis
Further reading
- “enteritis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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