enterotropic

English

Etymology

From entero- +‎ -tropic.

Adjective

enterotropic (not comparable)

1. Attracted by, or affecting the intestine
   • 2015 December 12, “A Newly Emergent Turkey Arthritis Reovirus Shows Dominant Enteric Tropism and Induces Significantly Elevated Innate Antiviral and T Helper-1 Cytokine Responses”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     The enterotropic virus is shed early during the course of infection in feces and evokes a significantly elevated antiviral cytokine response in intestines at 7 dpi when the viral replication was significantly decreased.

Related terms

• enterotropism

Anagrams

• interoceptor, portoenteric, reprotection