Meaning of enterorrhexis | Babel Free

Definitions

Rupture of the intestine.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“This paper reports 67 cases of enterorrhexis caused by closed abdominal injury, in which 11 cases are of duodenal rupture (16.42%), 48 of jejuno-ileuc rupture (71. 64%) and 8 of colonic rupture (11.94%).”

“Prenatal exposure of the neonate to cocaine can be associated with severe defects of gastro-intestinal tract, such as necrotizing enterocolitis (43-45) and enterorrhexis (46), which are due to vasoconstriction, because of the general hypoxia and ischaemia of the fetus.”

“To prevent⟳ colitis and enterorrhexis, it is important that we consider⟳ HSCR in patients with XLH and ACS for their early treatment such as in our 2 cases.”

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