GASTROENTERITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gastroenteritis mean? 

• GASTROENTERITIS (noun)
  The noun GASTROENTERITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis

  Familiarity information: GASTROENTERITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASTROENTERITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

gastroenteritis; intestinal flu; stomach flu

Hypernyms ("gastroenteritis" is a kind of...):

inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gastroenteritis"):

cholera infantum (often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children; not true cholera but having similar symptoms)

cholera morbus; collywobbles (severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea)

 Context examples 

Symptoms of gastroenteritis include diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, headache, fever and chills.

(Gastroenteritis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

G. hollisae is pathogenic to immunocompetent individuals and most commonly causes moderate to severe gastroenteritis.

(Grimontia hollisae, NCI Thesaurus)

Norwalk viruses are found in humans and causes acute viral gastroenteritis.

(Norwalk Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Infection with these viruses causes an illness called gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and intestines.

(Norovirus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Nairoviruses are tick-borne with human and animal hosts and cause hemorrhagic fevers and gastroenteritis in humans.

(Nairovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

A. sobria is found in soil and water and is pathogenic, causing gastroenteritis, bacteremia, and soft tissue infections, especially of the eye.

(Aeromonas sobria, NCI Thesaurus)

Astroviridae infect vertebrates and are a causative agent of gastroenteritis in humans.

(Astroviridae, NCI Thesaurus)

And "stomach flu" isn't really flu at all, but gastroenteritis.

(Flu, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Gastroenteritis may be caused by infection with bacteria, parasites, or viruses.

(Gastroenteritis, NCI Dictionary)

E. tarda is found in the intestinal tracts of snakes and seals and is a causative agent of gastroenteritis in humans.

(Edwardsiella tarda, NCI Thesaurus)