enteritis
English
Etymology
Noun
enteritis (countable and uncountable, plural enteritides or enteritises)
- (pathology) Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.
Derived terms
Translations
intestinal disease
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Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”) + -itis, equivalent to entero- + -itis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enteˈɾitis/ [ẽn̪.t̪eˈɾi.t̪is]
- Rhymes: -itis
- Syllabification: en‧te‧ri‧tis
Noun
enteritis f (plural enteritis)
Further reading
- “enteritis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024