volvulus

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volvulus

/ˈvɒl.vjʊl.əs/ UK
/ˈvɑl.vjəl.əs/ US

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin volvulus (“tending to roll”).

noun volvuli · volvuluses

countable, uncountable Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself. Only one case of gallbladder volvulus within an incisional hernia has been previously described, but it was a parastomal herniation (Rosenblum et al. 2013).

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noun twist in a loop of the bowel

Português	vólvulo
Français	volvulus
Deutsch	Darmverschlingung, Darmverdrehung
Română	obstrucție intestinală, ocluzie intestinală

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@misc{volvulus_2026,
  title = {volvulus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/volvulus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}