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enterocutaneous

enterocutaneous adjective: relating to, or connecting, the bowel and the skin.

Adjective

enterocutaneous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or connecting, the bowel and the skin.
    • enterocutaneous fistulas
    • Fistulas and sinus tracts are hallmarks of Crohn’s disease, affecting approximately 20–40% of patients [7]. The morphology and anatomic sites of fistulas are protean: enteroenteric, enterocolic, colocolic, enterovesical, enterovaginal, enterocutaneous, anorectal, duodenopancreatic, gastrocolic...1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number...

Synonyms of enterocutaneous

Origin of enterocutaneous

From entero- + cutaneous.

Questions about enterocutaneous

What does enterocutaneous mean?
Enterocutaneous means relating to, or connecting, the bowel and the skin.
What part of speech is enterocutaneous?
Enterocutaneous is an adjective.

Words near enterocutaneous in the dictionary

  1. enterocolitides
  2. enterocolitis
  3. enterocolonic
  4. enterocolostomies
  5. enterocolostomy
  6. enterocutaneous
  7. enterocyst
  8. enterocystic
  9. enterocystoma
  10. enterocystomas
  11. enterocystomata

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