"volvulus" meaning in English

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        "Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself."
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        "(medicine) Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself."
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          "roman": "preplitane na červata",
          "sense": "twist in a loop of the bowel",
          "word": "преплитане на червата"
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          "sense": "twist in a loop of the bowel",
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          "sense": "twist in a loop of the bowel",
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          "sense": "twist in a loop of the bowel",
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          "sense": "twist in a loop of the bowel",
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