Medical Dictionary

intestinal flu

noun

Medical Definition of INTESTINAL FLU

:  an acute usually transitory attack of gastroenteritis that is marked by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramping and is typically caused by a virus (as the Norwalk virus) or a bacterium (as E. coli)—not usually used technically

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