enteron

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɛntəˌrɒn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(en′tə ron′, -tər ən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
en•ter•on  (en′tə ron′, -tər ən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ter•a (-tər ə).USA pronunciation [Anat., Zool.]
  1. Anatomy, Zoologythe alimentary canal;
    the digestive tract.
  • Greek énteron intestine
  • Neo-Latin
  • 1835–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
enteron / ˈɛntəˌrɒn/ ( -tera / -tərə/)
  1. the alimentary canal, esp of an embryo or a coelenterate
Etymology: 19th Century: via New Latin from Greek: intestine; related to Latin inter between
'enteron' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
archenteron - caecum - coelenterate - coelenteron - dysentery - enteric - entero- - mesenteron - mesentery

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