enteric
Use Enteric in a sentence
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the enteron; intestinal.
noun
2.
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plural noun, singular en·ter·o·bac·te·ri·um [-teer-ee-uh
m] .
[-teer-ee-uhm] . rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, as those of the genera Escherichia, salmonella, and Shigella, occurring normally or pathogenically in the intestines of humans and other animals, and the genus Erwinia, occurring in plants.
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| [C19: from Greek enterikos, from enteron intestine] | |
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Word Origin & History
enteric
"pertaining to the intestines," from Gk. enterikos "intestinal," first used in this sense by Aristotle, from entera (pl.) "intestines," from PIE *enter-, comp. of *en- "in" (see inter-).
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Medical Dictionary
enteric en·ter·ic (ěn-těr'ĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or within the intestine.
By way of the intestine; enteral.
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Example sentences
Approach to the patient with suspected enteric infection.
Also, there were plenty of animal enteric emissions in this country long before the arrival of domesticated cattle.
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