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necrotizing enterocolitis
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Noun1.necrotizing enterocolitis - an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow
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inflammatory disease - a disease characterized by inflammation
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It became apparent that she had contracted a bug called necrotising enterocolitis.
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This milk can be life-saving - it's the best way of protecting against a condition called necrotising enterocolitis, which kills one in five premature babies who contract it.
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He was being cared for at the neo-natal department at Stockton's University Hospital of North Tees when he developed necrotising enterocolitis at ten weeks old.
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