ENTEROPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enteropathy mean? 

• ENTEROPATHY (noun)
  The noun ENTEROPATHY has 1 sense:

1. a disease of the intestinal tract

  Familiarity information: ENTEROPATHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTEROPATHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease of the intestinal tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("enteropathy" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enteropathy"):

ileus; intestinal obstruction (blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel)

 Context examples 

Mutations in this gene are associated with immunodeficiency polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome (IPEX).

(FOXP3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called: Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy, Nontropical Sprue, Celiac sprue, Gluten-sensitive enteropathy, Nontropical sprue

(Celiac Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)