| enteropathic arthritis | A form of arthritis sometimes resembling rheumatoid arthritis which may complicate the course of ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, or other intestinal disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| enteropathogen | An organism capable of producing disease in the intestinal tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteropathogenic | Capable of producing disease in the intestinal tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteropathogenic Escherichia coli | Enteropathogenic strain of Escherichia coli; organisms adhere to small bowel mucosa and produce characteristic changes in the microvilli. This strain produces symptomatic, sometimes serious, gastrointestinal illnesses, especially severe in neonates and young children; typically it produces toxins, one of which is heat-labile, resembling that produced by Vibrio cholerae, the other heat-stable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteropathy | <medicine> Disease of the intestines. Origin: Gr. Intestine + suffering. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| enteropathy, gluten | A condition in which the absorption of food nutrients through the small intestine is impaired because of an immune (allergic) reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat or related grains and many other foods. Frequent diarrhoea and weight loss can be symptoms. A skin condition called dermatitis herpetiformis can be associated with gluten enteropathy. The most accurate test is a biopsy of the involved small bowel. Treatment is avoidance of gluten in the diet. Medications are used, if need be. (12 Dec 1998) |
| enteropathy, protein-losing | Condition in which plasma protein is lost to excess into the intestine. This can be due to diverse causes including gluten enteropathy, extensive ulceration of the intestine, intestinal lymphatic blockage, and infiltration of leukaemic cells into the intestinal wall. (12 Dec 1998) |
| enteropeptidase | <enzyme> Registry number: EC 3.4.21.9 (12 Dec 1998) |
| enteropexy | Fixation of a segment of the intestine to the abdominal wall. Origin: entero-+ G. Pexis, fixation (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteroplasty | An obsolete term for plastic surgery of the intestine. Origin: entero-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteroplegia | Rarely used term for adynamic ileus. Origin: entero-+ G. Plege, stroke (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteroplex | An obsolete term for an instrument for use in effecting union of the divided ends of the intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteroplexy | An obsolete term for joining the divided ends of the intestine. Origin: entero-+ G. Plexis, weaving (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteropneusta | <zoology> A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. An intestine + to breathe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| enteroproctia | Rarely used term for the presence of an artifical anus, as by a colostomy. Origin: entero-+ G. Proktos, anus (05 Mar 2000) |