NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow

Synonyms:

NEC; necrotizing enterocolitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("necrotizing enterocolitis" is a kind of...):

inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)

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