enterocolitis
nounEtymology From entero- + colitis.
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Medicine, Sciences Usually Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the small intestine and of the colon.
- Idiopathic IBD also must be differentiated from infectious, ischemic, and radiation enterocolitides.1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number 1, →DOI, page 11: