HyperDic: necrotizing_enterocolitis

English > 1 sense of the expression necrotizing enterocolitis:
NOUNstatenecrotizing enterocolitis, NECan acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants
English > necrotizing enterocolitis: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow.
SynonymNEC
Broaderinflammatory diseaseA disease characterized by inflammation

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