enteritisn.
/ˌɛntəˈrʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˌɛn(t)əˈraɪdᵻs/ Medicine.
Inflammation of the intestines, esp. of the small intestine; an instance of this.regional enteritis: see the first element.
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hivesc1500
enteritis1772
proctitis1782
colonitis1834
perityphlitis1840
typhlo-enteritis1842
typhlitis1844
perienteritis1846
colitis1860
caecitis1866
periproctitis1876
appendicitis1886
paratyphlitis1890
colo-enteritis1897
diverticulitis1900
sigmoiditis1906
typhlenteritis1913
typhlodicliditis1913
diverticulosis1917
Crohn's disease1935
1772 J. Gregory Elements Pract. Physic 178 It is sometimes difficult to distinguish it [sc. nephritis] from an enteritis.
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 276 Those patients..were very liable to them [sc. febrile affections] in the form of Enteritis.
1857 S. O. Habershon Pathol. Observ. Dis. Alimentary Canal Introd. 4 Pain..of a very intense form..in enteritis.
1912 E. Wharton Let. 29 June (1988) 272 The long hours of motoring, the changes of temperature & the queer food, were all, as it were, fuel for his enteritis.
1951 Bull. Univ. Calif. Med. Center 2 756 The infectious gastro-enteritides can be divided for purposes of discussion into (1) those due to protozoa.., (2) a group in which one might use the term ‘viral’ advisedly.., and finally (3) the bacterial enteritides.
2005 Horse June 11/1 Although a 2001 book proposed that Phar Lap had died of a duodenitis-proximal jejunitis, or proximal enteritis, the cause of his death is still a mystery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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