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English noun: necrotizing enterocolitis

1. necrotizing enterocolitis (state) an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow


SynonymsNEC


Broader (hypernym)inflammatory disease









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