Disease or Syndrome
enteritis Audio
en·ter·i·tis [ en-tuh-rahy-tis ]
Subclass of:
Intestinal Diseases; Gastroenteritis
Etymology:
Greek enteron = intestine + -itis = inflammation
Originally, the word enteron signified within, and nothing more.
Definitions related to enteritis:
  • Inflammation of any segment of the SMALL INTESTINE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Inflammation of the intestine, especially of the small intestine.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Inflammation of the small intestine.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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