Bowel obstruction — Classification and external resources Upright abdominal X ray demonstrating a small bowel obstruction. Note multiple air fluid levels. ICD 10 K … Wikipedia
Bowel infarction — or bowel death results from a severely restricted blood supply to part of the bowel; this can in turn be due to an uncorrected bowel twist or bowel strangulation, or to occlusion of one of the mesenteric arteries. Strangulation sometimes results… … Wikipedia
resection — 1. A procedure performed for the specific purpose of removal, as in removal of articular ends of one or both bones forming a joint. 2. To remove a part. 3. SYN: excision (1). abdominoperineal r. (APR) a surgical cancer … Medical dictionary
Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome — (SBBOS), or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), also termed bacterial overgrowth; is a disorder of excessive bacterial growth in the small intestine. Unlike the colon (or large bowel), which is rich with bacteria, the small bowel… … Wikipedia
Inflammatory bowel disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 31127 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1169 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|emerg|106 eMedicine2|oph|520 MeshID = D015212 In medicine, inflammatory… … Wikipedia
short bowel syndrome — n malabsorption from the small intestine that is marked by diarrhea, malnutrition, and steatorrhea and that results from resection of the small intestine * * * short gut syndrome any of the malabsorption conditions resulting from massive… … Medical dictionary
abdominoperineal resection — n resection of a part of the lower bowel together with adjacent lymph nodes through abdominal and perineal incisions … Medical dictionary
abdominoperineal resection — ab|dämə(ˌ)nōˌperə|nēəl , əb noun Etymology: abdomin + perineal : resection of a part of the lower bowel together with adjacent lymph nodes through abdominal and perineal incisions … Useful english dictionary
Diverticulitis — Classification and external resources Large bowel (sigmoid colon) showing multiple diverticula. The diverticula appear on either side of the longitudinal muscle bundle (taenium). ICD 10 … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
