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NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does necrotizing enterocolitis mean?
• NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS (noun)
The noun NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS has 1 sense:
1. an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow
Familiarity information: NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
NEC; necrotizing enterocolitis
Hypernyms ("necrotizing enterocolitis" is a kind of...):
inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)
Context examples
C. sakazakii is pathogenic, being the causative agent of meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis, and is associated with tainted powdered infant formulas.
(Cronobacter sakazakii, NCI Thesaurus)
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