enteric
adj/ɛnˈtɛɹɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek ἐντερικός (enterikós, “intestinal”). By surface analysis, entero- + -ic.
1
Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.
2
Staying intact in the stomach, then dissolving in the intestine.
- Synonyms
- enteral, intestinal
- Derived terms
- allantoenteric, aortoenteric, bilioenteric, cholecystoenteric, coloenteric, enterically, enteric fever, enteric nervous system, enterics, exoenteric, extraenteric, gastroenteric, hepatoenteric, myoenteric, nasoenteric, neurenteric, neuroenteric, nonenteric, pancreaticoenteric, pancreatoenteric, perienteric, portoenteric, ureteroenteric
- Related terms
- entero-