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Definition of enteric adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

enteric

adjective

/enˈterɪk/

/enˈterɪk/

(medical)

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connected with the intestines
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek enterikos, from enteron ‘intestine’.

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