Search Result for "necrotizing enterocolitis":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow;
[syn: necrotizing enterocolitis, NEC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

necrotizing enterocolitis n 1: an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow [syn: necrotizing enterocolitis, NEC]