/ pref a lovely and, in OOWA's humble opinion, underused prefix, 'entero-' means 'of the intestines', and belongs to such delightful words as 'enteron' (intestine), 'enteritis' (inflammation thereof) and 'enterostomy' (artificial anus), but not 'enter on horseback' (mounted access only, often difficult after an enterostomy). [G enteron]
May 13, 2008
Prefix of the day
entero- / 
/ pref a lovely and, in OOWA's humble opinion, underused prefix, 'entero-' means 'of the intestines', and belongs to such delightful words as 'enteron' (intestine), 'enteritis' (inflammation thereof) and 'enterostomy' (artificial anus), but not 'enter on horseback' (mounted access only, often difficult after an enterostomy). [G enteron]
/ pref a lovely and, in OOWA's humble opinion, underused prefix, 'entero-' means 'of the intestines', and belongs to such delightful words as 'enteron' (intestine), 'enteritis' (inflammation thereof) and 'enterostomy' (artificial anus), but not 'enter on horseback' (mounted access only, often difficult after an enterostomy). [G enteron]
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