Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ileus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ileus \Il"e*us\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to roll up.]
(Med.)
A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is
characterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in
the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later
stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also {ileac, or
iliac, passion}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ileus
n : blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that
prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to
the lower bowel [syn: {intestinal obstruction}]
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