volvulus
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin volvulus (“tending to roll”), from volvo (“I roll”) + -ulus (“tending to, inclined to”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɒl.vjʊl.əs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɑl.vjəl.əs/
Noun
[edit]volvulus (countable and uncountable, plural volvuli or volvuluses)
- (medicine) Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself.
- 2015 July 1, Pierre Goubault et al., “Gallbladder torsion within incisional hernia: an original cholecystitis”, in SpringerPlus[1], volume 4, :
- Only one case of gallbladder volvulus within an incisional hernia has been previously described, but it was a parastomal herniation (Rosenblum et al. 2013).
Related terms
[edit]- volvulate (verb), volvulated (adj), volvulize (verb), volvulized (adj)
Translations
[edit]twist in a loop of the bowel
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin volvulus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]volvulus
Declension
[edit]Inflection of volvulus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | volvulus | volvulukset | |
genitive | volvuluksen | volvulusten volvuluksien | |
partitive | volvulusta | volvuluksia | |
illative | volvulukseen | volvuluksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | volvulus | volvulukset | |
accusative | nom. | volvulus | volvulukset |
gen. | volvuluksen | ||
genitive | volvuluksen | volvulusten volvuluksien | |
partitive | volvulusta | volvuluksia | |
inessive | volvuluksessa | volvuluksissa | |
elative | volvuluksesta | volvuluksista | |
illative | volvulukseen | volvuluksiin | |
adessive | volvuluksella | volvuluksilla | |
ablative | volvulukselta | volvuluksilta | |
allative | volvulukselle | volvuluksille | |
essive | volvuluksena | volvuluksina | |
translative | volvulukseksi | volvuluksiksi | |
abessive | volvuluksetta | volvuluksitta | |
instructive | — | volvuluksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- suolen virhekiertymä
- suolisolmu (colloquial)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From volvo (“I roll”) + -ulus (“tending to, inclined to”).
Pronunciation
[edit](modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvol.vu.lus/, [ˈvɔlvulus]
Adjective
[edit]volvulus (feminine volvula, neuter volvulum); first/second-declension adjective
Inflection
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | volvulus | volvula | volvulum | volvulī | volvulae | volvula | |
genitive | volvulī | volvulae | volvulī | volvulōrum | volvulārum | volvulōrum | |
dative | volvulō | volvulae | volvulō | volvulīs | |||
accusative | volvulum | volvulam | volvulum | volvulōs | volvulās | volvula | |
ablative | volvulō | volvulā | volvulō | volvulīs | |||
vocative | volvule | volvula | volvulum | volvulī | volvulae | volvula |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: volvulus
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French volvulus.
Noun
[edit]volvulus n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | volvulus | volvulusul |
genitive-dative | volvulus | volvulusului |
vocative | volvulusule |
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Medicine
- English terms with quotations
- Finnish terms derived from Late Latin
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/olʋulus
- Rhymes:Finnish/olʋulus/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Pathology
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Latin terms suffixed with -ulus
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation only
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin first and second declension adjectives
- New Latin
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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