REGIONAL ENTERITIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss

Synonyms:

Crohn's disease; regional enteritis; regional ileitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("regional enteritis" is a kind of...):

colitis; inflammatory bowel disease (inflammation of the colon)

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