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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A complication of gastrojejunostomy, caused by acute or chronic obstruction of the afferent loop due to hernia, intussusception, kinking, volvulus, etc. It is characterized by pain and vomiting of bile-stained fluid and includes acute afferent loop obstruction. (references) |
Medicine | Stasis in the afferent loop of a partial gastrectomy. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
afferent loop syndrome | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "AFFERENT LOOP SYNDROME"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | afferent loop syndrome, afferent loop syndrom. (various references) | ||||
Dutch | afferent loop syndrome, aanvoerende-lis syndroom. (various references) | ||||
French | syndrome de l'anse afférente. (various references) | ||||
German | Syndrom der zuführenden Schlinge. (various references) | ||||
Italian | sindrome dell'ansa cieca, sindrome dell'ansa afferente. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | afferentay ooplay yndromesay | ||||
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