enterocolitis
Americannoun
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inflammation of the small intestine and the colon.
noun
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inflammation of the small intestine and colon
Etymology
Origin of enterocolitis
Example Sentences
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Patients who undergo small bowel resection include premature infants with necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal disease that requires removal of damaged tissue.
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026
Newborns are at risk for necrotizing enterocolitis, a life-threatening inflammation of the intestine that virtually only affects new babies, according to the National Library of Medicine.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025
In preterm infants, delayed clamping leads to improved circulation, less need for blood transfusions and a lower incidence of serious complications, such as necrotizing enterocolitis, or inflammation of the digestive tract.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2023
Probiotic supplements may be used to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis, a dangerous infection affecting premature infants that inflames and kills intestinal tissue.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023
However, acute attacks of enterocolitis do not produce the marked anemia or the emaciation which are so common in the chronic cases of enteritis.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
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