Definition of Necrotizing enterocolitis
1. Noun. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow.
Medical Definition of Necrotizing enterocolitis
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NEC, pneumatosis intestinalis, submucosal: initial finding, mult. Cystic lucencies; looks like stool (!), subserosal: linear lucencies, portal vein: with or without transient; not significant, aetiology: preemie, perinatal stress, intestinal ischemia, survivors may develop intestinal strictures
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
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