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Enterocolitis, Necrotizing
| Medical Definition: | ENTEROCOLITIS with extensive ulceration (ULCER) and NECROSIS. It is observed primarily in LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANT. |
| Also Called: | Typhlitis |
| Previously Indexed: | Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous (1966-1998) |
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