enteralgia

[en-tuh-ral-juh, -jee-uh]

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noun Pathology.

pain in the intestine; colic.

Origin of enteralgia

From New Latin; see origin at enter-, -algia

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Related Words for enteralgia

bellyache, gripe, pain, stomachache, enteralgia

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Historical Examples of enteralgia

Gastralgia, enteralgia, simple serous diarrhoea, and dysentery also rarely occur in acute rheumatism.
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Persons addicted to the use of tobacco or alcohol and to dissipations of various kinds may become predisposed to enteralgia.
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Affections bearing a certain resemblance to enteralgia are to be excluded.
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The duration of an attack of enteralgia is variable and depends to a great extent upon the cause.
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Gastralgia is more frequent than enteralgia, and the pain is located about the ensiform cartilage.
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enteralgia in Medicine

enteralgia

[ĕn′tə-răl′jə]

n.

Severe abdominal pain accompanying spasms of the intestine.

Related formsen′ter•al′gic (-jĭk) adj.

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