Part 762

En`ter*ad`e*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &?; a gland + -graphy.] A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.

En`ter*ad`e*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &?; a gland + -logy.] The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.

||En`ter*al"gi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &?; pain: cf. F. entéralgie.] (Med.) Pain in the intestines; colic.

En"ter*deal` (?), n. [Enter- + deal.] Mutual dealings; intercourse. [Obs.]

The enterdeal of princes strange.

Spenser.

En"ter*er (?), n. One who makes an entrance or beginning. A. Seward.

En*ter"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;. See Enteritis.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal.

Enteric fever (Med.), typhoid fever.

||En`te*ri"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn.

En`ter*lace" (?), v. t. See Interlace.

En`ter*mete" (?), v. i. [F. s'entremettre; entre between + mettre to place.] To interfere; to intermeddle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

En"ter*mew`er (?), n. [Enter- + mew to molt.] (Zoöl.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.

En`ter*mise" (?), n. [F. entremise, fr. s'entremettre. See Entermete.] Mediation. [Obs.]

En"ter*o*cele` (?), n. [Gr. 'enterokh`lh; 'e`nteron an intestine + kh`lh tumor, hernia.] (Med.) A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.

En"ter*o*cœle` (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + koi^lon a hollow.] (Anat.) A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocœle, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.

En`ter*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; an intestine + -graphy.] (Anat.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.

En"ter*o*lith (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -lith.] (Med.) An intestinal concretion.

En`ter*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -logy: cf. F. entérologie.] The science which treats of the viscera of the body.

||En"te*ron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine, fr. 'ento`s within.] (Anat.) The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.

En`ter*op"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. &?; intestine + &?; suffering.] (Med.) Disease of the intestines.

||En`te*rop*neus"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &?; to breathe.] (Zoöl.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix.

En`ter*or"rha*phy (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &?; a sewing.] (Med.) The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.

En"ter*o*tome (?), n. [F. entérotome. See Enterotomy.] (Med.) A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.

En`ter*ot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + te`mnein to cut.] (Med.) Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.

En`ter*par"lance (?), n. Mutual talk or conversation; conference. [Obs.] Sir J. Hayward.

En`ter*plead" (?), v. i. Same as Interplead.

En"ter*prise (?), n. [F. enterprise, fr. entreprendre to undertake; entre between (L. inter) + prendre to take. See Inter, and Emprise.] 1. That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise. Shak.