gastroenteritis
English
Noun
gastroenteritis (countable and uncountable, plural gastroenterites or gastroenteritides)
- (medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestine; often caused by an infection.
Synonyms
- gastro (Britain, Australia, colloquial)
Translations
inflammation
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Further reading
- “gastroenteritis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡastɾoenteˈɾitis/ [ɡas.t̪ɾo.ẽn̪.t̪eˈɾi.t̪is]
- Rhymes: -itis
- Syllabification: gas‧tro‧en‧te‧ri‧tis
Further reading
- “gastroenteritis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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