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GASTROENTERITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis
Synonyms:
gastroenteritis; intestinal flu; stomach flu
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("gastroenteritis" is a kind of...):
inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gastroenteritis"):
cholera infantum (often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children; not true cholera but having similar symptoms)
cholera morbus; collywobbles (severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea)
Context examples:
C. jejuni is the most common pathogen in the United States causing bacterial diarrhea and gastroenteritis and is also linked to Guillain Barre syndrome.
(Campylobacter jejuni, NCI Thesaurus)
Phthalylsulfathiazole is used in the treatment of dysentery, colitis, and gastroenteritis.
(Phthalylsulfathiazole, NCI Thesaurus)
C. lari is associated in recurrent gastroenteritis in children, causes septicemia and enteritis in immunodeficient patients and is commensal in healthy seagulls, birds, mussels and oysters.
(Campylobacter lari, NCI Thesaurus)
H. cinaedi is found in the normal gut flora of hamsters and is an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients causing fever, gastroenteritis, bacteremia and recurrent cellulitis.
(Helicobacter cinaedi, NCI Thesaurus)
C. upsaliensis is a pathogen associated with gastroenteritis, acute watery diarrhea, septicemia, abscesses, inflammatory bowel disease, periodontitis and bacteremia in normal hosts and in those with opportunistic infections in immunocompromised individuals or HIV infected patients.
(Campylobacter upsaliensis, NCI Thesaurus)
C. concisus is normally found in the human oral cavity and is a commensal part of the normal flora of the human gastrointestinal tract, but is associated with gingival inflammation, periodontal lesions, Crohn's disease in immunodeficient patients, and is considered responsible for infective gastroenteritis and septicemia seen uniquely in children.
(Campylobacter concisus, NCI Thesaurus)
Viral gastroenteritis is the second most common illness in the U.S. The cause is often a norovirus infection.
(Gastroenteritis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the lining of the intestines caused by a virus, bacteria or parasites.
(Gastroenteritis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
The most common problem with gastroenteritis is dehydration.
(Gastroenteritis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
What you probably had was gastroenteritis - not a type of flu at all.
(Gastroenteritis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
