enterohaemorrhagic

adjective

That causes bleeding in the intestines.

Scrabble 29

Meanings

adjectiveenterohaemorrhagic (comparative more enterohaemorrhagic, superlative most enterohaemorrhagic)

comparative more enterohaemorrhagic · superlative most enterohaemorrhagic · alternative enterohemorrhagic

  1. That causes bleeding in the intestines.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Ancient Greekἔντερον (énteron)
  4. New Latinentero-
  5. Englishentero-
  6. Englishhaemorrhagic
  7. Englishenterohaemorrhagic

From entero- + haemorrhagic.

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