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gastroenteritis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɡæstɹəʊˌɛntəˈɹaɪtəs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and small intestine; often caused by an infection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gastro

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stomach flu, intestinal flu

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammatory disease

Narrower terms: cholera infantum, cholera morbus, collywobbles

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gres-der. Ancient Greek γρᾰ́ω (grắō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr)der. English gastro- English enteritis English gastroenteritis From gastro- + enteritis.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胃腸炎 /胃肠炎 (wèichángyán) — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Czech: gastroenteritida — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Dutch: buikgriep — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Dutch: gastro-enteritis — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Esperanto: gastroenterito — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Finnish: suolistotulehdus — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • French: gastro-entérite — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • German: Gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • German: Margen-Darm-Grippe — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • German: Brechdurchfall — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Greek: γαστρεντερίτιδα (gastrenterítida) — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Icelandic: maga- og garnabólga — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Icelandic: maga- og garnakvef — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Italian: gastroenterite — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Japanese: 胃腸炎 (ichōen) — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Kazakh: асқазан-аш ішек қабынуы (asqazan-aş ışek qabynuy) — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Korean: 장염 (jang'yeom) — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Malay: radang perut dan usus — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Malay: gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Polish: grypa żołądkowa — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Portuguese: gastroenterite — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Romanian: gastroenterită — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Russian: гастроэнтери́т (gastroentɛrít) — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Spanish: gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Swedish: gastroenterit — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
  • Ukrainian: гастроентери́т (hastroenterýt) — inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
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