Enterocutaneous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to, or connecting, the bowel and the skin. not-comparable

    "enterocutaneous fistulas"

Example

More examples

"Fistulas and sinus tracts are hallmarks of Crohn’s disease, affecting approximately 20–40% of patients [7]. The morphology and anatomic sites of fistulas are protean: enteroenteric, enterocolic, colocolic, enterovesical, enterovaginal, enterocutaneous, anorectal, duodenopancreatic, gastrocolic, colobronchial, and enterospinal [48–54]."

Etymology

From entero- + cutaneous.

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