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necrotizing enterocolitis
necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) ( nek -rŏ-tyz-ing) n. a serious disease affecting the bowel during the first three weeks of life; it is much more common in preterm babies. The abdomen distends and blood and mucus appear in the stools; the bowel may perforate. ...
January 1, 2008; A Dictionary of Nursing

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