loading...| Preferred Name | enterocolitis | |
| Synonyms |
enterocolitis (disease) coloenteritis enterocolitis |
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| Definitions |
Enterocolitis or coloenteritis is an inflammation of the digestive tract, involving enteritis of the small intestine and colitis of the colon. It may be caused by various infections, with bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, or other causes. Common clinical manifestations of enterocolitis are frequent diarrheal defecations, with or without nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, chills, alteration of general condition. General manifestations are given by the dissemination of the infectious agent or its toxins throughout the body, or – most frequently – by significant losses of water and minerals, the consequence of diarrhea and vomiting. An inflammatory process affecting the small intestine and colon. Causes include viruses, bacteria, radiation, and antibiotics use. |
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| ID |
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_1001481 |
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| database_cross_reference |
SCTID:43752006 MedDRA:10014893 MESH:D004760 Wikipedia:Enterocolitis SNOMEDCT:43752006 OMIM:226150 NCIt:C79573 MEDGEN:4966 UMLS:C0014356 NCIT:C79573 MONDO:0009172 MeSH:D004760 HP:0004387 ICD9:558.9 |
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| definition |
Enterocolitis or coloenteritis is an inflammation of the digestive tract, involving enteritis of the small intestine and colitis of the colon. It may be caused by various infections, with bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, or other causes. Common clinical manifestations of enterocolitis are frequent diarrheal defecations, with or without nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, chills, alteration of general condition. General manifestations are given by the dissemination of the infectious agent or its toxins throughout the body, or – most frequently – by significant losses of water and minerals, the consequence of diarrhea and vomiting. An inflammatory process affecting the small intestine and colon. Causes include viruses, bacteria, radiation, and antibiotics use. |
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| has_exact_synonym |
enterocolitis (disease) coloenteritis enterocolitis |
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| IAO_0000589 |
enterocolitis (disease) |
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| id |
EFO:1001481 |
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| label |
enterocolitis |
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| notation |
EFO:1001481 |
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| preferred label |
enterocolitis |
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| prefLabel |
enterocolitis |
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| skos_exactMatch |
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/43752006 http://identifiers.org/medgen/4966 http://identifiers.org/mesh/D004760 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/EFO_1001481 |
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| term editor |
Sirarat Sarntivijai |
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| subClassOf |