ENTERIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enteric mean? 

• ENTERIC (adjective)
  The adjective ENTERIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the enteron

2. of or relating to or inside the intestines

  Familiarity information: ENTERIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTERIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the enteron

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

enteral; enteric

Pertainym:

enteron (the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate))

Derivation:

enteron (the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or inside the intestines

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

enteral; enteric; intestinal

Context example:

intestinal disease

Pertainym:

intestine (the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus)

 Context examples 

The enteric, parasympathetic, and sympathetic nervous systems taken together.

(Autonomic nervous system, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

They mediate or transduce inputs from enteric motor nerves to the smooth muscle syncytium.

(Interstitial Cell of Cajal, NCI Thesaurus)

And the most common endodermal components are cysts lined by epithelia of respiratory or enteric type and in some cases pancreatic or hepatic tissue.

(Central Nervous System Mature Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

A specialized enteric nutritional supplement, containing substantial amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids, arginine, and nucleotides, with potential immunostimulating activity.

(Arginine/Omega-3 Fatty Acids/Nucleotides Oral Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is active against gram-negative enteric bacilli, including multiple drug-resistant strains.

(Moxalactam Disodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Actin, Gamma 2, encoded by the ACTG2 gene, is a smooth muscle actin found in enteric tissues.

(Actin, Gamma 2, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

A small medicinal particle or grain to which an enteric or other coating has been applied, thus delaying release of the drug until its passage into the intestines.

(Delayed Release Granule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Upon oral administration, pegylated naloxol binds to and blocks peripheral opioid receptors within the enteric nervous system, thereby preventing constipation induced by opioid receptor activation.

(Oral Pegylated Naloxol, NCI Thesaurus)

Miglitol binds to and inhibits alpha-glucosidase, an enteric enzyme found in the brush border of the small intestines that hydrolyzes oligosaccharides and disaccharides into glucose and other monosaccharides.

(Miglitol, NCI Thesaurus)

Camiglibose binds to and inhibits alpha-glucosidase, an enteric enzyme found in the brush border of the small intestines that hydrolyzes oligosaccharides and disaccharides into glucose and other monosaccharides.

(Camiglibose, NCI Thesaurus)