a. Anat. and Path. [ad. Gr. ἐντερικ-ός, f. ἔντερον an intestine.] Of or pertaining to the intestines. Enteric fever: typhoid fever.
1869. E. A. Parkes, Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3), 541. The fatal cases of ‘continued fever’ are from enteric (typhoid) fever.
1878. Bell, trans. Gegenbaur’s Comp. Anat., 112. The enteric cavity. Ibid., 523. These plexuses are distributed on the enteric tube.
