Gastroenteritis

Definition: Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis

Noun

1. Inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis.

Etymology: Gastroenteritis \Gas`tro*en`te*ri"tis\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Gastroenrteric, and -itis.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Gastroenteritis

Domain	Definitions
Health	An acute inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines, characterized by anorexia, nausea, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and weakness, which has various causes, including food poisoning due to infection with such organisms as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella species; consumption of irritating food or drink; or psychological factors such as anger, stress, and fear. Called also enterogastritis. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Gastroenteritis

Synonyms: intestinal flu (n), stomach flu (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Gastroenteritis

English words defined with "gastroenteritis": canicola fever, cholera infantum ♦ Gartner's bacillus ♦ Salmonella enteritidis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "gastroenteritis": Astroviridae, Astroviridae Infections, Astrovirus ♦ Caliciviridae Infections, Causes of gastroenteritis, contagious pustular stomatitis, Coronavirus Infections ♦ Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis, Escherichia coli O157 ♦ Gastroenteritis Virus, Murine, Gastroenteritis Virus, Porcine Transmissible, Gastroenteritis, Transmissible, of Swine ♦ Kata ♦ Nairobi Sheep Disease, Nairobi Sheep Disease Viruses, Nairovirus, Norwalk Virus ♦ pest of sheep and goats, pest of small ruminants, peste des petits ruminants, Picobirnavirus, plague of small ruminants, pneumoenteritis complex, Production of glycopeptide antigens of porcine Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus, pseudorinderpest of small ruminants ♦ Shigella flexneri, small stock plague, stomatitis-pneumoenteritis syndrome/complex ♦ Yersinia enterocolitica. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Gastroenteritis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (gastroenteritis), German (gastroenteritis), Serbo-Croatian (gastroenteritis), Spanish (gastroenteritis).

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Commercial Usage: Gastroenteritis

Domain	Title
Books	Acute gastroenteritis in children : symposium proceedings, December 1-3, 1989, Dorado, Puerto Rico (reference) Atlas of Infectious Diseases: Intra-Abdominal Infections, Hepatitis, and Gastroenteritis (Atlas of Infectious Diseases, Vol 7) (reference) Gastroenteritis Viruses (reference) Intra-Abdominal Infections, Hepatitis, and Gastroenteritis (WINDOWS/MACINTOSH CD-ROM) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Gastroenteritis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Immunocompetent persons may experience acute febrile gastroenteritis. (references)
		Enteric adenoviruses 40 and 41 cause gastroenteritis, usually in children. (references)
		Salmonella gastroenteritis is a well-known disease that occurs throughout the world. (references)
Children	Venezuela	According to CECODAP's 2000 study, an estimated 500,000 children, most under the age of 5, have an average of 2 episodes of gastroenteritis a year, a sickness that is the ninth leading cause of death in the country. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Gastroenteritis

"Gastroenteritis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gastroenteritis" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	33	60,273

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Gastroenteritis

Expressions using "gastroenteritis": Causes of gastroenteritis ♦ Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis ♦ Production of glycopeptide antigens of porcine Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gastroenteritis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
gastroenteritis	324
eosinophilic gastroenteritis	28
viral gastroenteritis	24
gastroenteritis symptom	9
acute gastroenteritis	9
hemorrhagic gastroenteritis	6
bacterial gastroenteritis	4
eosinophil gastroenteritis	3
gastroenteritis treatment	3
dog gastroenteritis	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Gastroenteritis

Language		Translations for "gastroenteritis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gastroenterit. (various references)

Arabic		‏الإختصاصي بأمراض المعدة, ‏إلتهاب المعدة والامعاء. (various references)

Chinese		胃� 炎. (various references)

Czech		onemocnìní žaludku a střev. (various references)

Danish		gastroenteritis, gastroenterit, mave-tarm-katar. (various references)

Dutch		gastro-enteritis, gastroenteritis, maag-darmontsteking, enterogastritis. (various references)

Finnish		gastroenteriitti, maha-suolitulehdus. (various references)

French		gastro-entérite. (various references)

German		Gastroenteritis. (various references)

Greek		γαστρεντερίτιδα. (various references)

Hebrew		�"לקת �"קב�" ו�"מעים. (various references)

Italian		gastroenterite. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		胃腸炎 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		いちょうえ�". (various references)

Korean		위장염. (various references)

Pig Latin		astroenteritisgay.(various references)

Portuguese		gastrite (gastritis, inflammation of the stomach), gastrenterite. (various references)

Russian		гастроэнтерит. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		gastroenteritis. (various references)

Spanish		gastroenteritis (rotavirus). (various references)

Swedish		gastroenterit. (various references)

Turkish		gastroenterit, mide ve bağırsak iltihabı. (various references)

Ukranian		гастроентеріт. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Gastroenteritis

Misspellings
	"Gastroenteritis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gastrointeritis. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Gastroenteritis"

Words rhyming with "gastroenteritis" (pronounced 'Gas`tro*en`te*ri"tis'): Adenitis, Aortitis, Appendicitis, Arachnitis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Bursitis, Capsulitis, Carditis, Cellulitis, Cerebritis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Conjunctivitis, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Dermatitis, Encephalitis, Endocarditis, Endometritis, Enteritis, Epididymitis, Epiglottis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, -itis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis, Myelitis, myocarditis, Myositis, Myosotis, Nephritis, Nereocystis, Neuritis, Oophoritis, Orchitis, Osteitis, Osteoperiostitis, Ostitis, Otis, Otitis, Ovaritis, Ovotesttis, Pachymeningitis, Parametritis, Perichondritis, Pericystitis, Perinephritis, Periostitis, Periproctitis, Peritonitis, Perityphlitis, Pharyngitis, Phlebitis, Phrenitis, Pleuritis, Pneumonitis, Proctitis, Proglottis, Prostatitis, Pyelitis, Rectitis, retinitis, rhinitis, salpingitis, scleritis, Sclerotitis, splenitis, stephanotis, stomatitis, synovitis, Syrtis, Tendosynovitis, Tenositis, testis, Tonsilitis, Trachitis, Tympanitis, Typhlitis, ureteritis, urethritis, uvulitis, vaginitis, Vesiculitis, Vitis, Vulvitis, Zaphrentis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Gastroenteritis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-i-n-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-t"
	-2 letters: registrations.
	-3 letters: interrogates, registration, reiterations, stationeries.
	-4 letters: antistories, arteritises, garnierites, instigators, integrators, interrogate, interstates, reasserting, reassertion, reassorting, registrants, reiterating, reiteration, signatories, tristearins.
	-5 letters: argentites, artistries, attritions, estrangers, estreating, garnierite, generators, gestations, grittiness, instigates, instigator, integrates, integrator, interstage, interstate, intestates, iterations, itinerates, negotiates, orangeries, organisers, orientates, originates, registrant, registries, regression, reinstates, resittings, restarting, restraints, retreating, roistering, rotisserie, seignories, serrations, stationers, stingarees, strategies, strategist, striations, stringiest, tanistries, teratogens, tertiaries, titrations, traitoress, transistor, tristearin.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-i-n-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-t"
	+2 letters: gastroenteritides.
	+4 letters: ultrasegregationist.
	+5 letters: ultrasegregationists.
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