enteritis Path.
(ɛntəˈraɪtɪs)
[f. Gr. ἔντερον + -itis.]
Inflammation of the bowels; esp. of the small intestines; usually understood of the acute rather than the chronic form.
| 1808 Med. Jrnl. XIX. 276 Those patients..were very liable to them [febrile affections] in the form of Enteritis. 1878 Habershon Dis. Abdomen 4 Pain..of a very intense form..in enteritis. |