ileus
IPA: ɪɫiʌs
noun
- (medicine, modern usage) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis.
- (medicine, broad definition, now rare) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract from any cause.
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Examples of "ileus" in Sentences
- It may be associated with ileus.
- If the ileus was casued from lack of movement.
- This leads to the disorder termed meconium ileus.
- There are several options in the case of paralytic ileus.
- Meconium ileus is often the first sign of cystic fibrosis.
- A nasogastric tube may be inserted if an ileus is present.
- She was suffering from paralytic ileus and lung infection.
- The bowel can be reconnected once your child's ileus is gone.
- Most infants with meconium ileus have a disease called cystic fibrosis.
- It is used in paralytic ileus and as diagnostic aid in pancreatic malfunction.
- If your baby needs surgery for meconium ileus, she'll have a bowel resectionand ileostomyplacement.
- However, these patients are prone to ileus formation secondary to the anticholinergic effects of glutethimide.
- The earliest signs of meconium ileus are abdominal distention (a swollen belly), bilious (green) vomit and no passage of meconium.
- When ileus comes on in a case of strangury, they prove fatal in seven days, unless, fever supervening, there be a copious discharge of urine.
- If a doctor suspects that your child has a meconium ileus, he won't be given anything to eat or drink and will be fed through an intravenous (IV) line, a small tube that's inserted into a vein.
- Thus, CFTR -/- homozygotes displayed defective chloride transport in epithelia of airways and intestines, failure to thrive, meconium ileus, and pathological alterations of gastrointestinal glands.
- However, the firm reiterated an "outperform" rating on Adolor, saying it expects the companies to gain approval of the drug for a different indication, postoperative ileus, by the FDA action date of Nov. 9.
- Meconium ileus is a bowel obstruction that occurs when the meconium in your child's intestine is even thicker and stickier than normal meconium, creating a blockage in a part of the small intestine called the ileum.