gastroenteritis
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English
Etymology
Noun
gastroenteritis (countable and uncountable, plural gastroenterites or gastroenteritides)
- (medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestine; often caused by an infection.
Synonyms
- gastro (Britain, Australia, colloquial)
Translations
inflammation
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Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central)
- IPA(key): (Balearic)
- IPA(key): (Valencian)
- Rhymes: -itis
- Hyphenation: gas‧tro‧en‧te‧ri‧tis
Noun
gastroenteritis f (invariable)
Further reading
- “gastroenteritis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
gastroenteritis f (plural gastroenteritis)
Further reading
- “gastroenteritis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014