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Webster 1913 Edition


Lientery

Li′en-ter-y

(lī′ĕn-tĕr-y̆)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
λειεντερία
;
λεῖοσ
smooth, soft +
ἔντερον
an intestine: cf. F.
lientérie
.]
(Med.)
A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change.
Dunglison.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lientery

LI'ENTERY

,
Noun.
[L.; Gr. smooth, and an intestine.]
A flux of the bowels, in which the aliments are discharged undigested, and with little alteration either in color or substance.

Definition 2024


lientery

lientery

English

Noun

lientery (countable and uncountable, plural lienteries)

  1. (medicine) A form of diarrhea in which food passes through the body with little or no digestion.
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