INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intestinal obstruction mean? 

• INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION (noun)
  The noun INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 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: INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION (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 ("intestinal obstruction" 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 

Twisting of a loop of bowel that results in intestinal obstruction.

(Intestinal Volvulus, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include those of intestinal obstruction.

(Paralytic ileus, NCI Thesaurus)

A complete intestinal obstruction is a medical emergency.

(Intestinal Obstruction, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Colon lipomas may lead to intestinal obstruction.

(Colon Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It may result in intestinal obstruction.

(Intestinal Malrotation, NCI Thesaurus)

If you have a complete intestinal obstruction, it is life threatening.

(Adhesions, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Small intestinal obstruction that results from the impaction of thick meconium in the distal small intestine.

(Meconium Ileus, NCI Thesaurus)

An intestinal obstruction occurs when food or stool cannot move through the intestines.

(Intestinal Obstruction, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)