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enterorrhexis

enterorrhexis noun: rupture of the intestine.

Noun

enterorrhexis (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Rupture of the intestine.
    • This paper reports 67 cases of enterorrhexis caused by closed abdominal injury, in which 11 cases are of duodenal rupture (16.42%), 48 of jejuno-ileuc rupture (71. 64%) and 8 of colonic rupture (11.94%).1997 February, Li Li, Chen Shaoli, “Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Enterorrhexis Caused by Closed Abdominal Injury”, in Clinical Medicine of China
    • Prenatal exposure of the neonate to cocaine can be associated with severe defects of gastro-intestinal tract, such as necrotizing enterocolitis (43-45) and enterorrhexis (46), which are due to vasoconstriction, because of the general hypoxia and ischaemia of the fetus.2001 October 5, Anna Deltsidou, “Cocaine abuse in pregnancy”, in Epitheorese Klinikes Farmakologias Kai Farmakokinetikes, International Edition, volume 16

Origin of enterorrhexis

From entero- + -rrhexis.

Questions about enterorrhexis

What does enterorrhexis mean?
Enterorrhexis means rupture of the intestine.
What part of speech is enterorrhexis?
Enterorrhexis is a noun.

Words near enterorrhexis in the dictionary

  1. enterorenal
  2. enterorrhagia
  3. enterorrhagias
  4. enterorrhaphies
  5. enterorrhaphy
  6. enterorrhexis
  7. enterosalivary
  8. enteroscope
  9. enteroscopes
  10. enteroscopic
  11. enteroscopically

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