lientery

[ lahy-uhn-ter-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pathology.

a form of diarrhea in which the food is discharged undigested or only partly digested.

lientery

/ -trɪ; ˈlaɪəntərɪ /

1540–50; < Medieval Latin līenteria < Greek leientería, equivalent to leî ( os ) smooth + énter ( a ) bowels + -ia -y ³

C16: from French, from Medieval Latin, from Greek leienteria, from leios smooth + enteron intestine

Lientery is the term applied when imperfectly changed food appears in the stools.

Lientery, lī′en-ter-i, n. a form of diarrhœa, with frequent liquid evacuations in which the food is discharged undigested.

Unaltered food may be expelled (lientery) by rapid peristaltic movements.

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