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gastroenteritis definition

gas·tro·en·teri·tis (gas′trō en′tər īt′is)

noun

inflammation of the stomach and the intestines

Etymology: ModL < gastro- + enter(o)- + -itis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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