Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enterorrhexis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-ter-or-rhex-is
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rupture of the intestine.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This paper reports 67 cases of enterorrhexis caused by closed abdominal injury, in which 11 cases are of duodenal rupture (16.42%), 48 of jejuno-ileuc rupture (71. 64%) and 8 of colonic rupture (11.94%)."
"Prenatal exposure of the neonate to cocaine can be associated with severe defects of gastro-intestinal tract, such as necrotizing enterocolitis (43-45) and enterorrhexis (46), which are due to vasoconstriction, because of the general hypoxia and ischaemia of the fetus."
"To prevent colitis and enterorrhexis, it is important that we consider HSCR in patients with XLH and ACS for their early treatment such as in our 2 cases."

Etymology

From entero- + -rrhexis.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: entero
Suffix: rrhexis

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does enterorrhexis mean?: Rupture of the intestine.
Where does enterorrhexis come from?: From entero- + -rrhexis.

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