volvulus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin volvulus, from Latin volvo.
Noun
volvulus (countable and uncountable, plural volvuli or volvuluses)
- Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself.
- 2015 July 1, Pierre Goubault et al., “Gallbladder torsion within incisional hernia: an original cholecystitis”, in SpringerPlus[1], volume 4, :
- Only one case of gallbladder volvulus within an incisional hernia has been previously described, but it was a parastomal herniation (Rosenblum et al. 2013).
Translations
twist in a loop of the bowel
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