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Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Definition: Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Noun

1. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definitions: Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Domain	Definitions
Health	A condition in which part of the tissue in the intestines is destroyed. Occurs mainly in under-weight newborn babies. A temporary ileostomy may be necessary. (references)
Medicine	An inflammatory condition of the bowel which affects predominantly premature babies and is characterised by abdominal distension, intolerance of enteral feeds, the passage of blood per rectum and pneumatosis intestinalis, the radiological evidence of gas in the bowel wall that is considered a hallmark of the disease. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Synonym: NEC (n). (additional references)

Commercial Usage: Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Domain	Title
Books	Necrotizing Enterocolitis (reference) Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		There is little or no evidence to support other possible benefits, including a reduction in mortality rate or reductions in the incidence of intraventricular hemorrhage, chronic lung disease, sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, or retinopathy of prematurity. (references)
		Immature infants may have numerous complications including respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), sepsis, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and retinopathy of prematurity. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Necrotizing Enterocolitis

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
necrotizing enterocolitis	32
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Modern Translations: Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Language		Translations for "necrotizing enterocolitis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		nekrotiserende enterokolit hos nyfødt (necrotising enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis, pseudomembranous enterocolitis). (various references)

Dutch		necrotiserende enterocolitis van de pasgeborene (necrotising enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis, pseudomembranous enterocolitis). (various references)

Finnish		vastasyntyneen ulseronekroottinen enterokoliitti (necrotising enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis, pseudomembranous enterocolitis). (various references)

French		entérocolite ulcéro-nécrotique du nouveau-né (necrotising enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis). (various references)

Greek		ελκονεκρωτική εντεροκολίτιδα του νεογνού (necrotising enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis, pseudomembranous enterocolitis). (various references)

Italian		enterocolite necrotizzante del neonato (necrotising enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis, pseudomembranous enterocolitis). (various references)

Pig Latin		ecrotizingnay enterocolitisay.(various references)

Spanish		enterecolitis necrotizante (necrotising enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis, pseudomembranous enterocolitis), ECN (necrotising enterocolitis, neonatal necrotising enterocolitis, pseudomembranous enterocolitis). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Alternative Orthography: Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 65 63 72 6F 74 69 7A 69 6E 67 45 6E 74 65 72 6F 63 6F 6C 69 74 69 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01100101 01100011 01110010 01101111 01110100 01101001 01111010 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101111 01100011 01101111 01101100 01101001 01110100 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0065 0063 0072 006F 0074 0069 007A 0069 006E 0067 0045 006E 0074 0065 0072 006F 0063 006F 006C 0069 0074 0069 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4871698481867592758073239808671848169817875867585

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography

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