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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. L.

volvere

to turn about, to roll.]

(Med.)

(a)

The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.

(b)

Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus. See

volvulus ‎(plural volvuli or volvuluses)

Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself.

twist in a loop of the bowel