Definitions for lientery

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lientery li·en·ter·y

Spelling: [lahy-uh n-ter-ee]

IPA: /ˈlaɪ ənˌtɛr i/

Lientery is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in lientery (eeilnrty).

Definitions for lientery

noun

1. a form of diarrhea in which the food is discharged undigested or only partly digested.

Origin of lientery

1540-50; Medieval Latin līenteria Greek leientería, equivalent to leî(os) smooth + énter(a) bowels + -ia -y³

Examples for lientery

lientery is the term applied when imperfectly changed food appears in the stools.

lientery, lī′en-ter-i, n. a form of diarrhœa, with frequent liquid evacuations in which the food is discharged undigested.

Unaltered food may be expelled (lientery) by rapid peristaltic movements.