chronic catarrhal enteritis

chronic catarrhal enteritis

[′krän·ik kə′tär·əl en·tə′rīd·əs]

(medicine)

Inflammation of the intestinal tract associated with vascular congestion, mucosal edema, and increased outpouring of mucus in the intestinal lumen.

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