enteric

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Ancient Greek ἐντερικός (enterikós, “intestinal”). By surface analysis, entero- + -ic.

The enteric fever would also have wrought havoc amongst us. — My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War, Ben J. (Ben Johannis) Viljoen
They would go back to their old unsanitary ways: bad water, uncooked fish, no drainage, enteric fever and the rest.... No. — The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, Lofting, Hugh
Here I rallied, and had already improved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to bask a little upon the verandah, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that curse of our Indian possessions. — A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle

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