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"Entro" refers to the gastrointestinal tract. Enteritis, for example, is inflammation of some portion of the GI tract. Ileitis, inflammation of the ileum, would be a type of enteritis. An enteropathy would be a condition/ pathology of the GI tract which does not include enteritis/ inflammation.
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What is the medical term meaning intestines?
Intestines are called intestines in medical terms. The medical terminology combining form meaning intestines is entero-
What is the combining form for organ?
organ
What does entero mean in spanish?
Entero - Whole
What medical form for a virus that infect the small intestine?
An enterovirus is one that infects the small intestine. The combining form entero- refers to the small intestine.
What body part does the medical root word entero refer to?
The medical root word 'entero' refers to the intestines.
How do you say whole in spanish?
Whole in Spanish is entero, eg: whole chicken = pollo entero
What is the strongest muscle in the GI tract organ?
The stomach has the thickest walls and the strongest muscle in all the GI tract organs. : )
What organ system moves food into the body?
The gastrointestinal (GI) system
The terms osteoarthritis and gastroenterology are both examples of using a combining vowel?
Actually, the terms "osteoarthritis" and "gastroenterology" do not specifically illustrate the use of a combining vowel; rather, they showcase the use of combining forms. In "osteoarthritis," "osteo-" (bone) and "arthritis" (inflammation of joints) are combined, while "gastroenterology" combines "gastro-" (stomach) and "entero-" (intestine) with "logy" (study of). The combining vowel, typically "o," is often used in medical terminology to connect roots and suffixes, but in these examples, the combining forms are directly linked without a combining vowel.
What GI organ does ulcerative colitis affect?
UC affects the colon, primarily.
When alcohol and barbiturates are ingested and absorbed from the GI tract what organ is the first to receive them?
Liver
What is the basis of how medical root words are positioned in a term for instance why is the term gastroenteritis used and not entroogastritis?
This is because while combining two medical root words one should keep in mind the anatomical arrangement of those root words. Whichever organ comes first anatomically, should be used first. In the above case the gastro i.e. the stomach comes before entero i.e. intestine so only the work gastroenteritis is valid.
