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Definition of Enteral

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the enteron.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or inside the intestines. "Intestinal disease"

Definition of Enteral

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, within, or by way of the intestine ¹

2. Adjective. enteric ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enteral

1. enteric [adj] - See also: enteric

Medical Definition of Enteral

1. A method of nutritient delivery where fluid is given directly into the gastrointestinal tract. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enteral

entent entente entente cordiale ententes entention ententive enter enter'd enter- enter into

enter upon entera enterable enteradenography enteradenology enteral (current term) enteral nutrition enteralgia enterally enteramine

enterance enterate enterchangeably enterdynia enterectasis enterectomy entered enterelcosis enterer

Literary usage of Enteral

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

1. Surgical Diseases and Surgery of the Dog by Cecil French (1906)
"GASTRO-enteral ANASTOMOSIS These terms are applied to the operation, ... may be employed in the same manner as described under Entero-enteral Anastomosis. ..."

2. Clinical lectures on infant feeding by Lewis Webb Hill, Jesse Robert Gerstley (1917)
"LECTURE VE PARenteral AND enteral INFECTIONS Gentlemen, we now have finished Finkelstein's original classification. You remember that pathology, ..."

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