"volvulus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɒl.vjʊl.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɑl.vjəl.əs/ [General-American] Forms: volvuli [plural], volvuluses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin volvulus (“tending to roll”), from volvo (“I roll”) + -ulus (“tending to, inclined to”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|volvulus||tending to roll}} Late Latin volvulus (“tending to roll”), {{af|la|volvo|-ulus|nocat=1|t1=I roll|t2=tending to, inclined to}} volvo (“I roll”) + -ulus (“tending to, inclined to”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|volvuli|+}} volvulus (countable and uncountable, plural volvuli or volvuluses)
  1. (medicine) Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: volvulate [verb], volvulated [adjective], volvulize [verb], volvulized [adjective], detorsion, torsion Translations (twist in a loop of the bowel): преплитане на червата (preplitane na červata) (Bulgarian), suolen virhekiertymä (Finnish), volvulus (Finnish), skręt kiszek [masculine] (Polish), skręt jelit [masculine] (Polish), vólvulo [masculine] (Portuguese)

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