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NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow
Synonyms:
NEC; necrotizing enterocolitis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("necrotizing enterocolitis" is a kind of...):
inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)
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