enteric
enteric
Definition
en·teric (en ter′ik)
adjective
intestinal; of the enteron
also enteral en′·teral (en′tər əl)
enteric
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- neuron: The loss of enteric neurones seen in the aging gut may be related to increased vulnerability to oxidative stress.
- fever: Sadly fate was to deal a cruel blow when in late 1904 Smith was struck down by enteric fever.
- fermentation: Methane emissions are estimated for biomass burning, enteric fermentation and irrigated agriculture.
- pathogen: However, the usefulness of the current range of antibiotics is limited by the spread of resistance among enteric pathogens.
- bacterium: The third with enteric bacteria, and at the microbes living in our guts.
- precaution: Cases admitted to a hospital should be nursed in a single room with enteric precautions during the acute diarrhoeal phase of the illness.
Browse dictionary entries near enteric
- entered
- enteral
- enter upon
- enter-
- enter on or upon
- enter into
- enter
- entente
- entelluses
- entellus
- enteric fever
- enteritis
- entero-
- enterobacteria
- enterobacterium
- enterobiasis
- enterococcal
- enterococci
- enterococcus
- enterocoel
