ileus

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Definition

noun blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel

Learned borrowing from Latin īleus, from Ancient Greek εἰλεός (eileós, “intestinal obstruction”).

To vndertake with the amorous Minalion and Ileus to runne with Atalanta, or to com but in such sort as the strong and mightie Hercules for his loue Deianira, did with the huge Achelous, so as I might atchieue so gratious a fauor, and attaine to so high delight, as the remaining in these solacious places, and aboue all to enioy the precious loue and inestimable good wil of hir, more faire without comparison, then Cassiopeia, of better fauour then Castiamira. — Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Loue in a Dreame, Francesco Colonna

intestinal obstruction

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