Definition of Enteropathy

1. Noun. A disease of the intestinal tract.

Generic synonyms: Disease
Specialized synonyms: Ileus, Intestinal Obstruction

Definition of Enteropathy

1. n. Disease of the intestines.

Definition of Enteropathy

1. Noun. (pathology) An internal disorder or disease. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enteropathy

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Medical Definition of Enteropathy

1. Disease of the intestines. Origin: Gr. Intestine + suffering. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enteropathy

enterolysis
enteromegaly
enteromerocele
enterometer
enteromycosis
enteron
enterons
enteroparesis
enteropathic arthritis
enteropathies
enteropathogen
enteropathogenic
enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
enteropathogens
enteropathy (current term)
enteropeptidase
enteropexy
enteroplasty
enteroplegia
enteroplex
enteroplexy
enteropneusta
enteroproctia
enteroptosis
enteroptotic
enterorenal
enterorrhagia
enterorrhaphy
enterorrhexis

Literary usage of Enteropathy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"Bernier, JJ, Florent, C, Desmazures, C, Aymes, C, and L'Hirondel, C. Diagnosis of protein-losing enteropathy by gastrointestinal clearance of alpha ..."

2. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1896)
"The communication describes a nervous condition which the author has observed in cases of gastro-enteropathy, and which he thinks depends on a toxemic ..."

3. Clinical Medicine; Tuesday Clinics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1922)
"Other mycoses, like blastomycosis and sporotrichosis, are exceedingly rare diseases, and if they were the cause of this enteropathy we might very well ..."

4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"Professor Debove maintains, contrary to the opinion of the author, that the nervous complications in cases of gastro-enteropathy are not due to digestive ..."

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