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Noun: gastroenteritis  `gas-trow`en-tu'rI-tis
  1. Inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis
    - stomach flu, intestinal flu

Derived forms: gastroenteritises

Type of: inflammatory disease

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