lientery

[ lahy-uhn-ter-ee ]

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

Origin of lientery

1
1540–50; <Medieval Latin līenteria<Greek leientería, equivalent to leî(os) smooth + énter(a) bowels + -ia-y3

Other words from lientery

  • li·en·ter·ic, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for lientery

lientery

/ (ˈlaɪəntərɪ, -trɪ) /


noun
  1. pathol the passage of undigested food in the faeces

Origin of lientery

1
C16: from French, from Medieval Latin, from Greek leienteria, from leios smooth + enteron intestine

Derived forms of lientery

  • lienteric, adjective

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