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<h1>Enteritis</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En`te*ri"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ an intestine + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An inflammation of the intestines.</def>

<i>Hoblyn.</i>

<h1>Enterlace</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En`ter*lace"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Interlace</er>.</def>

<h1>Entermete</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En`ter*mete"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>s'entremettre</ets>; <ets>entre</ets> between + <ets>mettre</ets> to place.]</ety> <def>To interfere; to intermeddle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Entermewer</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En"ter*mew`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Enter-</ets> + <ets>mew</ets> to molt.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.</def>

<h1>Entermise</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En`ter*mise"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>entremise</ets>, fr. <ets>s'entremettre</ets>. See <er>Entermete</er>.]</ety> <def>Mediation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Enterocele</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En"ter*o*cele`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ an intestine + <?/ tumor, hernia.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.</def>

<h1>Enteroc\'d2le</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En"ter*o*c\'d2le`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an intestine + <?/ a hollow.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a <i>schizoc\'d2le</i>, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.</def>

<h1>Enterography</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En`ter*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an intestine + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.</def>

<h1>Enterolith</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En"ter*o*lith</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an intestine + <ets>-lith</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An intestinal concretion.</def>

<h1>Enterology</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En`ter*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an intestine + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ent\'82rologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science which treats of the viscera of the body.</def>

<h1>Enteron</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En"te*ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ an intestine, fr. <?/ within.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.</def>

<h1>Enteropathy</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En`ter*op"a*thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ intestine + <?/ suffering.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Disease of the intestines.</def>

<h1>Enteropneusta</h1> <Xpage=496>

<hw>En`te*rop*neus"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ an intestine + <?/ to breathe.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>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 <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

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