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enteric

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Adjective

HYPHEN

en=ter=ic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective enteric has 2 senses

enteric(a = adj.pert) enteral - of or relating to the enteron; Array

Derived form noun enteron₁

enteric(a = adj.pert) enteral, intestinal - of or relating to or inside the intestines; "intestinal disease"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

enteric, a. [Gr. . See Enteritis.].

Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal. [1913 Webster]

Enteric fever (Med.), typhoid fever.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

enteric, adj. & n.
--adj. of the intestines.
--n. (in full enteric fever) typhoid.

Derivative

enteritis n.

Etymology

Gk enterikos (as ENTERO-)

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THESAURUS

enteric

abdominal, anal, appendical, cardiac, cecal, colic, colonic, coronary, duodenal, gastric, ileac, intestinal, jejunal, mesogastric, pyloric, rectal, splanchnic, visceral

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