"volvulate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: volvulates [present, singular, third-person], volvulating [participle, present], volvulated [participle, past], volvulated [past]
Etymology: From vovlul(us) + -ate, ultimately from Latin volvere (“to twist round”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*welH-}}, {{suffix|en|volvulus|ate|alt1=vovlul(us)}} vovlul(us) + -ate, {{uder|en|la|volvere||to twist round}} Latin volvere (“to twist round”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} volvulate (third-person singular simple present volvulates, present participle volvulating, simple past and past participle volvulated)
  1. (medicine, surgery, especially of a bowel) To twist or form a knot: to undergo volvulus. Tags: especially Categories (topical): Medicine, Surgery Synonyms: volvulize Related terms: detorsion

Inflected forms

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