VOLVULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does volvulus mean? 

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

1. abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOLVULUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)