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enterostasis

enterostasis noun: intestinal stasis; the stoppage of the food in its passage through the intestine.

Noun

enterostasis (uncountable)

  1. Intestinal stasis; the stoppage of the food in its passage through the intestine.

Origin of enterostasis

From entero- + stasis.

Questions about enterostasis

What does enterostasis mean?
Enterostasis means intestinal stasis; the stoppage of the food in its passage through the intestine.
What part of speech is enterostasis?
Enterostasis is a noun.

Words near enterostasis in the dictionary

  1. enterospasm
  2. enterospasms
  3. enterosphere
  4. enterospheres
  5. enterospinal
  6. enterostasis
  7. enterostatin
  8. enterostaxis
  9. enterostenosis
  10. enterostomal
  11. enterostomies

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