English Explanatory Dictionary

enteric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.
  2. Staying intact in the stomach, then dissolving in the intestine.

Pronunciation

/ɛnˈtɛɹɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enteric.wav

Word forms

enteric

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐντερικός (enterikós, “intestinal”). By surface analysis, entero- + -ic.

Synonyms

enteral intestinal

Related words

entero-

Derived words

allantoenteric aortoenteric bilioenteric cholecystoenteric coloenteric enterically enteric fever enteric nervous system enterics exoenteric extraenteric gastroenteric hepatoenteric myoenteric nasoenteric neurenteric neuroenteric nonenteric pancreaticoenteric pancreatoenteric perienteric portoenteric ureteroenteric
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