enteric
adjective
en·ter·ic
en-ˈter-ik 
in-
1
: of, relating to, or affecting the intestines
broadly
: alimentary
2
: being or having a coating designed to pass through the stomach unaltered and disintegrate in the intestines
enteric aspirin
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Even as excitement builds about glia in the enteric nervous system, scientists like Scavuzzo have fairly basic questions still to work out — such as how many types of enteric glia even exist.
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
The anatomy and digestive habits of cattle and bison cause almost all of the methane to escape from their mouths, a process known as enteric emission.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
They were issued after the water quality testing found higher levels of enteric bacteria, normally found in the intestinal track of humans and animals, in the water.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 14 July 2022
There are hundreds of million of neurons connecting the brain to the enteric nervous system, the part of the nervous system that is tasked with controlling the gastrointestinal system.
—Justin Sonnenburg, Scientific American, 1 May 2015
Still, Chédotal believes the team’s visualizations show previously unknown details of the enteric nervous system, a collection of nerve cells driving gastrointestinal functions, and some of the nodes, vessels, and organs in the lymphatic system.
—Byesra Öz, science.org, 25 Apr. 2023
Ruminant animals that chew their food twice like cattle create methane as a result of their digestive process, called enteric fermentation.
—Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
That matters because dairy cows produce methane by burping via a process called enteric fermentation, and various reports in 2021 concluded that reaching climate goals like staying below the 1.5°C target won’t be possible without significant reductions in methane emissions.
—Lisa Held, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2021
Erectin packs these ingredients into a capsule with an enteric coating.
—Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2022
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
The anatomy and digestive habits of cattle and bison cause almost all of the methane to escape from their mouths, a process known as enteric emission.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
They were issued after the water quality testing found higher levels of enteric bacteria, normally found in the intestinal track of humans and animals, in the water.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 14 July 2022
There are hundreds of million of neurons connecting the brain to the enteric nervous system, the part of the nervous system that is tasked with controlling the gastrointestinal system.
—Justin Sonnenburg, Scientific American, 1 May 2015
Still, Chédotal believes the team’s visualizations show previously unknown details of the enteric nervous system, a collection of nerve cells driving gastrointestinal functions, and some of the nodes, vessels, and organs in the lymphatic system.
—Byesra Öz, science.org, 25 Apr. 2023
Ruminant animals that chew their food twice like cattle create methane as a result of their digestive process, called enteric fermentation.
—Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
That matters because dairy cows produce methane by burping via a process called enteric fermentation, and various reports in 2021 concluded that reaching climate goals like staying below the 1.5°C target won’t be possible without significant reductions in methane emissions.
—Lisa Held, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2021
Erectin packs these ingredients into a capsule with an enteric coating.
—Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2022
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First Known Use
1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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enteric
adjective
en·ter·ic
en-ˈter-ik, in-
1
: of, relating to, or affecting the intestines
enteric diseases
broadly
: alimentary
2
: being or possessing a coating designed to pass through the stomach unaltered and to disintegrate in the intestines
enteric aspirin
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