enterocolitis

English

Etymology

From entero- +‎ colitis.

Noun

enterocolitis (usually uncountable, plural enterocolitides)

1. (medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the small intestine and of the colon.
   • 1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number 1, →DOI, page 11:

     Idiopathic IBD also must be differentiated from infectious, ischemic, and radiation enterocolitides.

Derived terms

• enterotoxigenic

Anagrams

• coloenteritis

Spanish

Etymology

From entero- +‎ colitis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enteɾokoˈlitis/ [ẽn̪.t̪e.ɾo.koˈli.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: en‧te‧ro‧co‧li‧tis

Noun

enterocolitis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) enterocolitis

Further reading

• “enterocolitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10