gastroenteritis
English
Etymology
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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Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˌɡas.tɾu.ən.təˈɾi.tis]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˌɡas.tɾo.ən.təˈɾi.tis]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˌɡas.tɾo.en.teˈɾi.tis]
- Rhymes: -itis
- Hyphenation: gas‧tro‧en‧te‧ri‧tis
Noun
gastroenteritis f (invariable)
Further reading
- “gastroenteritis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡastɾoenteˈɾitis/ [ɡas.t̪ɾo.ẽn̪.t̪eˈɾi.t̪is]
- Rhymes: -itis
- Syllabification: gas‧tro‧en‧te‧ri‧tis
Noun
gastroenteritis f (plural gastroenteritis)
Further reading
- “gastroenteritis”, 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