Category: E

Any microorganism that causes intestinal disease.  

Reduced peristalsis of the intestines; an old term for ileus.  

A hormone found in animals but not humans believed to be released by the small intestine in response to the presence of chyme. It is thought to cause the parietal cells of the gastric mucosa to release hydrochloric acid.  

A disease caused by the presence of maggots (the larvae of flies) in the intestines.  

A disease of the intestine resulting from bacteria or fungi.  

A flagellated protozoan that lives in the intestine of humans. It is rare and considered nonpathogenic.  

A hydrocele with a loop of intestine in the sac.  

Inflammation of the intestine and liver.  

Inflammation of the stomach (gastritis) and the intestines (enteritis).  

A henna of the small intestine and omentum.