Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of the stomach and intestines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
Inflammation of themucous membranes of thestomach andintestine ; often caused by aninfection .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis
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Examples
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Noroviruses stomach fluAlso called gastroenteritis, this group of related viruses causes diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain.
Avoiding ticks, mosquitoes and other summer health hazards 2011
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So he's being treated for hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, which is apparently something that can come on suddenly like this and produce the same symptoms we're seeing in Jasper.
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So he's being treated for hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, which is apparently something that can come on suddenly like this and produce the same symptoms we're seeing in Jasper.
October 2005 2005
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Influenza can produce nausea and vomiting, especially in children, but these symptoms are more common in the unrelated disease gastroenteritis, which is sometimes called "stomach flu" or "24-hour flu".
WN.com - Articles related to First flu virus detector in JDWNRH 2010
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Influenza can produce nausea and vomiting, especially in children, but these symptoms are more common in the unrelated disease gastroenteritis, which is sometimes called "stomach flu" or "24-hour flu".
WN.com - Articles related to First flu virus detector in JDWNRH 2010
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Salmonella gastroenteritis, which is primarily a food-borne illness, occurs in approximately 1.4 million Americans each year.
Bio Job Blog 2010
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Influenza can produce nausea and vomiting, especially in children, but these symptoms are more common in the unrelated disease gastroenteritis, which is sometimes called "stomach flu" or "24-hour flu".
WN.com - Articles related to Indonesia girl dies from bird flu, 3 undergo tests 2010
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Influenza can produce nausea and vomiting, especially in children, but these symptoms are more common in the unrelated disease gastroenteritis, which is sometimes called "stomach flu" or "24-hour flu".
WN.com - Articles related to Indonesia girl dies from bird flu, 3 undergo tests 2010
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The vaccine does not work against gastroenteritis, which is commonly called the "stomach flu."
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"It is acute watery diarrhoea which is also known as gastroenteritis and the media is misinforming people," he said.
IRIN 2008
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