enteritis

noun

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en·ter·i·tis | \ ˌen-tə-ˈrī-təs

plural enteritides\ ˌen-tə-ˈri-tə-ˌdēz

\ also enteritises

Definition of enteritis

1 : inflammation of the intestines and especially of the human ileum

2 : a disease of domestic animals (such as panleukopenia of cats) marked by enteritis and diarrhea

Examples of enteritis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Garcia’s official diagnosis was viral enteritis, per the A’s. — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2021 According to the Necropsy provided by the University of Minnesota the kitten died from enteritis caused by intestinal feline corona virus with secondary spiral bacteria. — Matt Rocheleau, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2018 Of the dozen or so killer diseases of children, five of them are infections for which vaccines are available – pneumococcal pneumonia, rotavirus enteritis, Haemophilus influenza type b pneumonia, measles, and whooping cough. — Sarah Fallon, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2015

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