enteritis (en-ter-i'tis)

Inflammation of the intestine, especially of its mucous coat, catarrhal e. Intestinal catarrh; ordinary e. affecting only the superficial portion of the intestinal mucous membrane, giving rise to mucous diarrhea. croupous e. See membranous e. diphtheritic e. A form of e. occurring in infectious and chronic diseases, in which the mucous membrane is covered with an adherent, filmy or flaky, whitish gray deposit, e. catarrhal is. See catarrhal e. e. colic a. See colitis, e. iliac a. E. limited to the small intestine, follicular e. Typhoid fever, membranous e. Syn.: pellicular intestinal inflammation. A form of e. in which membrane like exudates form on the mucous surface, mucous e. See catarrhal e. pellicular e. Mucous enteritis. phlegmonous e. A rare form, affecting chiefly the duodenum, characterized by a tendency to suppuration in the submucous connective ti ue. [Gr., enteron, the intestine, + it is, inflammation.]