gastro-enteritis

  • 1gastro-enteritis — ► NOUN ▪ inflammation of the stomach and intestines, typically resulting from bacterial toxins or viral infection and causing vomiting and diarrhoea …

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  • 2gastro-enteritis — see gastroenteritis …

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  • 3gastro-enteritis — noun inflammation of the stomach and intestines, typically resulting from bacterial toxins or viral infection and causing vomiting and diarrhoea …

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  • 4gastro-enteritis — n. Med. inflammation of the stomach and intestines …

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  • 5gastro- — [ gastrəʊ] (also gastr before a vowel) combining form relating to the stomach: gastro enteritis. Origin from Gk gastēr, gastr stomach …

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  • 6Gastroenteritis — Classification and external resources Gastroenteritis viruses: A = rotavirus, B = adenovirus, C = Norovirus and D = Astrovirus. The virus particles are shown at the same magnification to allow size comparison. ICD …

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  • 7gastroenteritis — 1820s, from GASTRO (Cf. gastro ) + ENTERITIS (Cf. enteritis) …

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  • 8Gastroenteritis — ◆ Gas|tro|en|te|ri|tis 〈f.; , ti|den; Med.〉 Entzündung der Magen u. Darmschleimhaut ◆ Die Buchstabenfolge gas|tr... kann in Fremdwörtern auch gast|r... getrennt werden. * * * Gas|t|ro|en|te|ri|tis, die; , …itiden ↑ [Enteritis] (Med.): Entzündung… …

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  • 9Norovirus — Transmission electron micrograph of noroviruses. The white bar = 50 nm Virus classification Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA) Family …

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  • 10Gastroenteritis — Inflammation of the stomach and the intestines. Can cause nausea and vomiting and/or diarrhea. Gastroenteritis has numerous causes * * * Inflammation of the mucous membrane of both stomach and intestine. SYN: enterogastritis. [gastro + G. enteron …

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