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Inflamed bowel disease.  

Refers to inflammation of the small intestine. Inflammation of the mucosal lining of the small intestine, usually resulting from infection. Regional enteritis is Crohn’s disease. Acute or chronic intestinal inflammation. Inflammation of the alimentary canal usually characterized by severe diarrhea. Inflammation of the intestine, especially the small intestine, due to viral or bacterial infection or…

Term used to describe the intestines or other parts of the digestive tract. Pertaining to drugs that are taken orally. Referring to the intestine. Referring to medication-or food which is taken by mouth or through a nasogastric tube. Administration of a drug by the oral route (by way of the intestines), as distinguished from parenteral.…

Liquid injected into the rectum either as a purgative or medicine, Also called clyster. A liquid preparation injected into the rectum, resulting in complete emptying of the large bowel in minutes. Flushing the lower large intestine with a fluid. A liquid substance put into the rectum to introduce a drug into the body, to wash…

The presence of endotoxins in the blood, which may result in shock. adj. endotoxemic. Toxemia due to the presence of endotoxins in the blood.  

Pertaining to the endosteum.  

Is a network of tubules, vesicles and sacs around the nucleus that are interconnected. Enclosed membranous system with the cytoplasm of cells. It has a number of functions that include acting as an intracellular store for calcium.  

The lining of the uterus. If pregnancy does not occur, part of the endometrium sloughs off during menstruation each month. Mucous membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus. The lining of the uterus that changes with the menstrual cycle; if the ovum is fertilized, the endometrium serves as the place where implantation occurs. The…

Refers to inflammation of the endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus. Inflammation of the lining of the uterus. Acute or chronic inflammation of the endometrium, usually caused by bacterial infection and most commonly occurring after childbirth, abortion, or the fitting of an intrauterine device (lUD). Symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, enlargement of the uterus,…

Is a common and often painful disorder of the female reproductive system. The two most common symptoms of endometriosis are pain and infertility. A condition in which tissue more or less perfectly resembling the uterine mucous membrane (the endometrium) and containing typical endometrial granular and stromal elements occurs aberrantly in various locations in the pelvic…