WordNet
intestinal obstruction
n. blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel [syn: ileus]
Usage examples of "intestinal obstruction".
Shortly before dawn the huddled consultants announced that she either had an intestinal obstruction or a brain tumor, they couldn’.
An acute pancreatic infection, viral pneumonia, an intestinal obstruction, a non-infectious kidney disease centered in the blood vessels of that organ.