Volvulus

//ˈvɒl.vjʊl.əs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself. countable, uncountable

    "Only one case of gallbladder volvulus within an incisional hernia has been previously described, but it was a parastomal herniation (Rosenblum et al. 2013)."

  2. 2
    abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction wordnet

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"Only one case of gallbladder volvulus within an incisional hernia has been previously described, but it was a parastomal herniation (Rosenblum et al. 2013)."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin volvulus (“tending to roll”).

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