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Can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
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megacolon
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n. 1 (context uncountable English) abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction. 2 (context countable English) A colon thus enlarged.
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n. an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
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Megacolon is an abnormal dilation of the colon (also called the large intestine ). The dilation is often accompanied by a paralysis of the peristaltic movements of the bowel. In more extreme cases, the feces consolidate into hard masses inside the colon, ...
Usage examples of megacolon.
Florendo cut, he found that this megacolon was jampacked from the base of the descending colon all the way up and half-way across the transverse colon.