- lienteric diarrhea
- diarrhea containing undigested food.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
lienteric diarrhea
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Diarrhea — A familiar phenomenon with unusually frequent or unusually liquid bowel movements, excessive watery evacuations of fecal material. The opposite of constipation. The word “diarrhea” with its odd spelling is a near steal from the Greek “diarrhoia”… … Medical dictionary
lienteric — Relating to, or marked by, lientery. * * * li·en·ter·ic .lī ən ter ik adj containing or characterized by the passage of undigested or partially digested food used of feces or diarrhea … Medical dictionary
lienteric — adj. of lientery, of a form of diarrhea … English contemporary dictionary
lienteric — |līən.|terik adjective Etymology: French or Latin; French lientérique, from Latin lientericus, from Greek leienterikos, from leienteria + ikos ic : containing or characterized by the passage of undigested or partially digested food used of feces… … Useful english dictionary
lientery — Passage of undigested food in the stools. [G. leienteria, fr. leios, smooth, + enteron, intestine] * * * li·en·tery lī ən .ter ē, lī en tə rē n, pl ter·ies lienteric diarrhea * * * li·en·tery (liґən ter″e) [Gr. leienteria; leios smooth … Medical dictionary
lientery — ˈlīən.ˌterē, līˈentərē noun ( es) Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French lienterie, from Medieval Latin lienteria, from Greek leienteria, from leios smooth + enteron, intestine + ia y more at lime, inter : lienteric diarrhea … Useful english dictionary
lientery — lienteric, adj. /luy euhn ter ee/, n. Pathol. a form of diarrhea in which the food is discharged undigested or only partly digested. [1540 50; < ML lienteria < Gk leientería, equiv. to leî(os) smooth + énter(a) bowels + ia Y3] * * * … Universalium
