Definition of Enterocolitis

1. Noun. (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membranes of the small intestine and of the colon ¹

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Definition of Enterocolitis

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Medical Definition of Enterocolitis

1. Inflammation involving both the small intestine and the colon. See: enteritis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enterocolitis

enterocleisis
enteroclysis
enterococcaemia
enterococcal
enterococci
enterococcus
enterococcus faecalis
enterococcus faecium
enterocoel
enterocoele
enterocoeles
enterocoelic
enterocoelous
enterocoels
enterocolitic
enterocolitis (current term)
enterocolitises
enterocolostomy
enterocutaneous fistula
enterocyst
enterocystocele
enterocystoma
enterocyte
enterocytes
enterodynia
enteroendocrine
enteroendocrine cells
enteroenterostomy
enterogastric reflex
enterogastritis

Literary usage of Enterocolitis

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

1. Diarrheal, Inflammatory, Obstructive, and Parasitic Diseases of the Gastro by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1915)
"enterocolitis is encountered in all countries, climates, nationalities, walks of life, and in both sexes, though it is more prevalent among infants and ..."

2. The Diseases of infancy and childhood by Henry Koplik (1918)
"Acute and Subacute enterocolitis (Enteritis ... enterocolitis is peculiarly a diarrhea! disease of infancy and early childhood. It was formerly classified ..."

3. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1902)
"Chronic enterocolitis. Appendicitis. Intestinal Obstruction. Constipation. Catarrhal Jaundice. Obstructive Jaundice. Cholelithiasis. Cirrhosis of the Liver. ..."

4. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease: A Text-book for by Augustus Caillé (1906)
"enterocolitis, OR FOLLICULAR ENTERITIS This is an infection of the bowel without marked gastric irritation. Symptoms and Prognosis. ..."

5. Diseases of the digestive organs: With Special Reference to Their Diagnosis by Charles Dettie Aaron (1921)
"CHRONIC enterocolitis. CHRONIC INTESTINAL CATARRH—CHRONIC ... enterocolitis is a catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membrane of the small intestine and ..."

6. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"ROENTGENOLOGY OF TUBERCULOUS enterocolitis* RD CARMAN The early symptoms of ulcerative tuberculous colitis are not sufficiently characteristic to make ..."

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