enteritis

enteritis
/en'teuh ruy"tis/, n.
1. Pathol. inflammation of the intestines, esp. the small intestine.
2. Vet. Pathol. distemper1 (def. 1c).
[1800-10; < NL; see ENTER-, -ITIS]

* * *

      inflammation of the intestines (especially of the small intestine), caused by irritants, poisons, viral or bacterial infections, or unknown factors. The symptoms are extremely variable but usually include continuous or intermittent diarrhea, occasionally bloody, accompanied by painful abdominal cramps. Fever is common and sometimes overshadows the digestive symptoms; serious complications may occur, especially in infants and the elderly. Enterocolitis involves the colon as well as the small intestine, and gastroenteritis includes stomach inflammation. Regional enteritis (ileitis, or Crohn disease) is a chronic inflammation that, in its classic form, is confined to the terminal portion of the ileum, the portion of the small intestine farthest from the stomach. In all forms of enteritis, treatment is usually directed toward relief of symptoms, with anti-inflammatory agents playing an important role.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • enteritis — f. gastrol. Inflamación del intestino delgado, aguda o crónica. Cuando se presenta como un trastorno agudo suele estar provocada por una infección bacteriana (Escherichia coli. Salmonella, estafilococo y estreptococo), vírica (Coxackie o Echo) o… …   Diccionario médico

  • enteritis — enterìtis m DEFINICIJA pat. histološko oboljenje upale tankog crijeva SINTAGMA hemoragični enteritis pat. 1. upala tankog crijeva obilježena krvarenjem 2. virusna zarazna bolest mladih purana; nekrotizirajući enteritis pat. upala tankog crijeva… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • enteritis — (plural enteritis) sustantivo femenino 1. Área: medicina Inflamación de la mucosa de los intestinos: La enteritis suele tener como síntomas abundantes diarreas y fiebre elevada …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Enteritis — En te*ri tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. e nteron an intestine + itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Enterītis — Enterītis, Darmentzündung …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Enterītis — (griech.), s. Darmentzündung …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Enteritis — Enterītis (grch.), Darmkatarrh, Darmentzündung …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • enterìtis — m pat. upala slijepog crijeva ✧ {{001f}}lat …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

  • Enteritis — (græsk), tarmbetændelse …   Danske encyklopædi

  • enteritis — 1808, medical L., coined c.1750 by French pathologist François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (1706 1767), from enteron “intestine” (see ENTERIC (Cf. enteric)) + ITIS (Cf. itis) …   Etymology dictionary

  • enteritis — (De entero e itis). f. Med. Inflamación de la membrana mucosa de los intestinos …   Diccionario de la lengua española

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”