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UK
/ˌɛntəɹˈaɪtɪs/
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NOUN
- inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine); usually characterized by diarrhea
How To Use enteritis In A Sentence
- ‘Consumption of polluted water may result in gastro-enteritis or other water-borne illness,’ he said.
- It came just a month after an outbreak of the viral gastro-enteritis left one man in hospital and another 179 guests and 34 staff ill.
- It has a wide range of uses including the common cold, heatstroke, acute gastroenteritis, pyelitis, nephritis, edema and liver and gallbladder disorders.
- The diagnosis remains one of exclusion because underlying conditions such as diabetes or regional enteritis may produce similar symptoms.
- Domoic acid is produced by the diatom Nitzschia pungens and has been isolated in shellfish from Prince Edward Island, Canada. 10 This toxin is responsible for amnestic shellfish poisoning (ASP) in humans causing symptoms of gastroenteritis and neurotoxicity. Fish poisonings and envenomations
- Parvovirus is a particularly serious form of gastro-enteritis and results in severe vomiting and bloody diarrhoea.
- She was misdiagnosed with gastro-enteritis, and transferred to Castle Hill because it was felt she was infectious.
- The infection was similar to the strain of viral gastro-enteritis which hit the hospital two years ago.
- Mycobacterium paratuberculosis is the causative agent of Johne's disease, a chronic enteritis in ruminants and in other animals.
- Thirdly, when rheumatic inflammation affects the bowels, it produces a disease very different from enteritis, or common inflammation of the bowels, and should be termed enteralgia rheumatica. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life