ILEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ileus mean? 

• ILEUS (noun)
  The noun ILEUS has 1 sense:

1. blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel

  Familiarity information: ILEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ileus; intestinal obstruction

Hypernyms ("ileus" is a kind of...):

enteropathy (a disease of the intestinal tract)

blockage; obstruction (the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction)

 Context examples 

An ileus caused by abdominal or pelvic surgery, infections, disorders that affect the muscles and nerves, and medications.

(Paralytic ileus, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital metabolic detected in the neonatal period that is characterized by the presence of a meconium ileus.

(Cystic Fibrosis with Meconium Ileus, NCI Thesaurus)

Paralytic ileus may be caused by surgery, inflammation, and certain drugs.

(Paralytic ileus, NCI Dictionary)

Signs and symptoms include abdominal distention and tenderness, intestinal bleeding and ileus.

(Necrotizing Enterocolitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms usually appear in childhood and include meconium ileus, poor growth despite good appetite, malabsorption and foul bulky stools, chronic bronchitis with cough, recurrent pneumonia, bronchiectasis, emphysema, clubbing of the fingers, and salt depletion in hot weather.

(Cystic Fibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)