Volvulus

Definition: Volvulus

Volvulus

Noun

1. Abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the are of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction.

Etymology: Volvulus \Vol"vu*lus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression volvere to turn about, to roll.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Volvulus

Domain	Definitions
Health	A twisting of the stomach or large intestine. May be caused by the stomach being in the wrong position, a foreign substance, or abnormal joining of one part of the stomach or intestine to another. Volvulus can lead to blockage, perforation, peritonitis, and poor blood flow. (references)
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Crosswords: Volvulus

Specialty definitions using "volvulus": Afferent Loop Syndrome ♦ les personnes les plus démunies ♦ Onchocerca volvulus, onchocercosis. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Volvulus

Domain	Title
Books	ÂEtude de la transmission d'Onchocerca volvulus (Leuckart, 1893) (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) par Simulium damnosum Theobald, 1903 (Diptera, Simuliidae) en Afrique tropicale (reference) Étude de la transmission d'Onchocerca volvulus (Leuckart, 1893) (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) par Simulium damnosum Theobald, 1903 (Diptera, Simuliidae) en Afrique tropicale (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Volvulus

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	Histopathology of Onchocerca volvulus nodule. Onchocerciasis. Parasite.Credit: CDC.		Onchocerca volvulus.Credit: CDC.
	Onchocerca volvulus, anterior end.Credit: CDC.		Onchocerca volvulus, posterior end.Credit: CDC.
	O. volvulus, the filarial parasite responsible for causing Onchocerciasis , River Blindness, is transmitted to its human host through the bite of Simulium spp. flies such as the Black Fly.Credit: CDC.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Volvulus

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Examination of skin snips will identify microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus and Mansonella streptocerca. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Volvulus

"Volvulus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Volvulus" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	3	202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Volvulus

Expressions using "volvulus": Onchocerca volvulus ♦ Stomach Volvulus. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Volvulus

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
volvulus	34
onchocerca volvulus	9
sigmoid volvulus	9
cecal volvulus	5
gastric volvulus	3
biologico ciclo de onchocerca volvulus	3
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Modern Translations: Volvulus

Language		Translations for "volvulus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		сплитане на червата, преплитане на червата. (various references)

Danish		volvolus af colon sigmoideum (sigmoid volvulus), ileocøkal volvolus (ileocaecal volvulus). (various references)

Dutch		ileocecale volvulus (ileocaecal volvulus). (various references)

French		volvulus iléo-caecal (ileocaecal volvulus), volvulus de l'anse sigmoïde (sigmoid volvulus). (various references)

German		Sigmavolvulus (sigmoid volvulus), Ileozäkalvolvulus (ileocaecal volvulus). (various references)

Greek		ειλεοτυφλική συστροφή (ileocaecal volvulus). (various references)

Hebrew		�"תפתלות �"מעים. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		腸捻転 (twisted loop in intestine). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ちょうね�"て�" (twisted loop in intestine). (various references)

Pig Latin		olvulusvay

Portuguese		vólvulo. (various references)

Russian		заворот кишок (ileus). (various references)

Spanish		vólvulo ileocecal (ileocaecal volvulus). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Volvulus

Derivations
	Words beginning with "volvulus": volvuluses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "volvulus": convolvulus. (additional references)
	Words containing "volvulus": convolvuluses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Volvulus"

Words rhyming with "volvulus" (pronounced 'Vol"vu*lus'): Abaculus, AEolus, Alto-cumulus, Alveolus, Angelus, Annulus, Articulus, Asilus, Astragalus, Bacillus, Baetulus, Bolus, Bucephalus, Callus, Canaliculus, Carolus, Cauliculus, Clitellus, Crotalus, Cucullus, Discobolus, Dolus, Dracunculus, Embolus, Entellus, Fasciculus, Flocculus, funiculus, Gladiolus, Glomerulus, Gryllus, Hamulus, Hectocotylus, hilus, homunculus, Hydrocaulus, hydrocephalus, Iulus, Julus, Lienculus, Limulus, loculus, Malleolus, modiolus, modulus, Monomphalus, Nautilus, Nucellus, Nucleolus, Obelus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Volvulus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "l-l-o-s-u-u-v-v"
	-3 letters: lulus.
	-4 letters: lulu, luvs, soul, sulu, ulus.
	-5 letters: luv, sol, sou, ulu.
	Words containing the letters "l-l-o-s-u-u-v-v"
	+2 letters: volvuluses.
	+3 letters: convolvulus.
	+5 letters: convolvuluses.
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