enteritis

(en-ter-i'(e')tis) [G. enteron, intestine, -iiis.] Inflammation of the intestine, mem'- branous e., mucomem'branous e., mucous e. mu'cous e., intestinal myxo neurosis; an affection of the intestinal mucous membrane characterized by constipation or diarrhea, sometimes alternating, colic, and the pa age of pseudo membranous shreds or incomplete casts of the intestine, phleg'- mono us b., severe acute inflammation of the intestine, with walls edematous and infiltrated with pus. pseudo mem'branous e., mucous e.