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enterocolitis

Term: enterocolitis
Literally meaning: "inflammation of of the colon and small intestine
Origin: Anc Greek
έντερον/enteron(=intestine, bowel) < εντός/entos(=inside, within)
κολίτις/colitis(=inflammation of the colon  and is often used to describe an inflammation of the large intestine).
>κόλον/colon(=κόλον/colon(=large intestine)
> the word
κόλον is the pariciple of the verb κολάζω/kolazo (=punish, excaudate, cut)
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Definition
Enterocolitis is the inflammation of small intestine (enteritis) and large intestine (colitis) characterized by symptoms susch as fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and rectal bleeding.

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