gastroenterology

[Lessan]

what does RE means?

[Heiferly]

I've been informed that in gastroenterology a common meaning of RE can be "reflux esophagitis."  So that may be the meaning you're looking for, but again, I would definitely ask for clarification if this is something that is important to your healthcare.

Best,
-heiferly.

[Heiferly]

It is really difficult to answer a question like that with no context whatsoever.  From Wikipedia:

"RE may mean:

    * RE (complexity), the set of recursively enumerable languages
    * RE (automobile), a defunct Rhodesian racecar constructor
    * RE (e-mail), "in reference to" in e-mail, letter, memorandum, court case title, etc. (cf. re)
    * The IATA code for Aer Arann, an Irish regional airline
    * Rare earth, a type of chemical elements
    * Real estate
    * Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft
    * Recursively enumerable set
    * Regular expression, in computer science, a string that describes or matches a set of strings, according to certain syntax rules
    * Relative effectiveness factor, a measurement of an explosive's power
    * Religious Education
    * Renewable Energy
    * Reproductive endocrinologist
    * Resident Evil (series), a franchise of horror-adventure video games, developed by Capcom
    * Racing Evoluzione,2003 video game
    * Réunion, ISO 3166 digram and FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code
    * Reverse engineering, the process of taking something (a device, an electrical component, a software program, etc.) apart and analyzing its workings in detail
    * Requirements engineering during the development of computer programs
    * Rock-Eval, a standardized pyrolysis apparatus designed at the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP) to assess the oil potential of a sedimentary rock
    * Royal Engineers, a corps of the British Army
    * Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, since 1991 the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re


Being that this is the gastroenterology forum, I searched on Google for the abbreviation "R.E." in the context of gastroenterology.  I found something called "regional enteritis," but I have *no idea* if that's actually the meaning that you're seeking, because as I pointed out above, RE can mean literally hundreds of different things depending on the context.  If this is important to your healthcare that you find out what this means (for example, if you are trying to read something in your own medical records), I strongly recommend you contact the person who wrote it and find out what they are referencing with that abbreviation.  

If there is a published source in which you are finding this abbreviation (such as a medical journal article or text), if you can give us a citation for the source, maybe it would be easier for someone to confirm what the abbreviation is referencing.  

Sorry I can't be of more help at the moment,
-heiferly.