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necrotizing enterocolitis

DEFINITIONS OF: necrotizing enterocolitis

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n an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow

Synonyms:
NEC
Type of:
inflammatory disease
a disease characterized by inflammation
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