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en·ter·o·path·o·gen·ic (en″tər-o-path″o-jenґik) pertaining to or producing intestinal disease.Medical dictionary. 2011.
enteropathogenic — adjective Date: 1961 tending to produce disease in the intestinal tract < enteropathogenic bacteria > … New Collegiate Dictionary
enteropathogenic — ˌ adjective Etymology: enter + pathogenic : tending to produce disease in the intestinal tract enteropathogenic bacteria … Useful english dictionary
enteropathogenic — en·ter·o·path·o·gen·ic (ĕn tə rō păth ə jĕnʹĭk) adj. Capable of causing disease in the intestinal tract. en ter·o·pathʹo·gen n. * * * … Universalium
enteropathogenic — adjective a) Of, pertaining to, or causing disease of the intestinal tract b) Of or pertaining to an enteropathogen … Wiktionary
enteropathogenic — en·tero·pathogenic … English syllables
enteropathogenic E. coli — (EPEC) (en těr o path o jen ik) EPEC strains of E. coli attach to the brush border of intestinal epithelial cells and cause a specific type of cell damage called effacing lesions that lead to traveler s diarrhea … Dictionary of microbiology
EPEC — • enteropathogenic Escherichia coli … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
EPEC — Abbreviation for enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. * * * enteropathogenic Escherichia coli * * * enteropathogenic Escherichia coli … Medical dictionary
Escherichia — A genus of aerobic, facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing short, motile or nonmotile, Gram negative rods. Motile cells are peritrichous. Glucose and lactose are fermented with the production of acid and gas. These organisms are found in… … Medical dictionary
Tir (receptor) — Tir (translocated intimin receptor) is an essential component in the binding of the pathogenic Escherichia coli strain EPEC (enteropathogenic E. coli ) to the cells lining the small intestine. Tir is a receptor protein encoded by the espE gene… … Wikipedia
