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ENTERITIS (Gr. Evrepov, intestine)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 654 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ENTERITIS (Gr. Evrepov, See also:intestine) , a See also:general medical See also:term for inflammation of the bowels. According to the anatomical See also:part specially attacked, it is subdivided into duodenitis, jejunitis, ileitis, typhlitis, See also:appendicitis, colitis, proctitis. The See also:chief sympton is See also:diarrhoea. The term " enteric See also:fever " has recently come into use instead of " typhoid " for the latter disease; but See TYPHOID FEVER.

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