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Definition: Enteritis |
EnteritisNoun1. Inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine); usually characterized by diarrhea. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Enteritis \En`te*ri"tis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression an intestine -itis.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Botanical | Inflammation of the intestinal tract by infectionor irritating foods. Treated with Carica, Cassia, Centrosema, Coleus, Elytraria, Lantana, Lippia, Peperomia, Pseudelephantopus, Sida, Spigelia, Tecoma, Terminalia, Zingiber. (references) |
Health | Inflammation of the intestine, applied chiefly to inflammation of the small intestine; see also enterocolitis. (references) |
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Health | Crohn's disease may also be called ileitis or enteritis. (references) | |
Chronic radiation effects, although infrequent, can be severe, including radiation enteritis and bowel obstruction, because tumoricidal doses (45-55 Gy) of radiation are necessary. (references) | ||
The known risks include allergic and other side effects (such as common skin rashes, photosensitivity of the skin, blood disorders, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and staining of the teeth in children) as well as other infections that may be induced by antimicrobial therapy (such as antibiotic-associated colitis, Candida vaginitis, and possibly salmonella enteritis). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Enteritis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Enteritis" is used about 64 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% | 64 | 42,009 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "enteritis": Feline Infectious Enteritis ♦ Granulomatous Enteritis ♦ infectious enteritis ♦ necrotizing enteritis ♦ regional enteritis. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "enteritis": gastro-enteritis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "enteritis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | enterit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بادئة معناها معي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ентерит. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 炎. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zánìt střev (colitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | enteritis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | enteritis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | entérite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Enteritis (small intestine inflammation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αμοιβαδική εντερίτιδα (amoebic enteritis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "לקת "מעים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bélgyulladás (coccidiosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penyakit radang perut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | enterite (small intestine inflammation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 腸炎 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ちょうえ" (ellipse, oval). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 장염. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | enteritis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | tarmbetennelse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enteritisay enterite (enterprise), entérico. (various references) enteritã. (various references) энтерит. (various references) enteritis. (various references) enteritis. (various references) enterit, tarminflammation. (various references) enterit, ince bağırsak iltihabı. (various references) ентерит. (various references) viêm ruột non. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "enteritis": enteritises. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "enteritis": gastroenteritis. (additional references) | |
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"Enteritis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enteridis, enteritic, entritis, Heterotis, osteitis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "enteritis" (pronounced '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, Epididymitis, Epiglottis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, -itis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: interties, retinites. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-n-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: entities, insetter, interest, intertie, niteries, nitrites, retinite, sternite, trientes. | |
-2 letters: entires, entries, netters, nettier, niterie, nitrite, nittier, retines, retints, sienite, stinter, tenters, tentier, testier, tiniest, tinters, trienes. | |
-3 letters: enters, entire, estrin, inerts, insert, inters, nereis, nester, netter, niters, nitres, renest, rentes, resent, resite, retest, reties, retine, retint, seiner, seniti, serein, serine, setter, sinter. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-i-n-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: entireties, eternities, interstice, itinerates, winteriest. | |
+2 letters: centiliters, certainties, dentistries, determinist, disinterest, enteritides, enteritises, integrities, interesting, interstices, intertwines, investiture, irredentist, jitteriness, maternities, notorieties, paternities, petitioners, reinitiates, reinstitute, repetitions, retinitides, trinketries, wintertides, wintertimes. | |
+3 letters: centralities, centricities, determinists, disintegrate, disinterests, disinterment, disorientate, endometritis, fraternities, grittinesses, incertitudes, intermitters, intersecting, intersection, intersociety, intersterile, intertwisted, investitures, irredentists, misinterpret, neutralities, quaternities, receptionist, reestimating, reinstituted, reinstitutes, reiterations, repristinate, sempiternity, stationeries, tensiometric, vinaigrettes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 74 65 72 69 74 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. - . .-. .. - .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110100 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n t e r i t i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0074 0065 0072 0069 0074 0069 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398086718475867585 |
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