‖ ileus
(ˈɪliːəs, ˈaɪ-)
[L. īleus, īleos, a. Gr. ἰλεός or εἰλεός colic, ‘iliac passion’, app. f. εἴλειν to roll.]
1. Path. A painful affection (frequently fatal), due to intestinal obstruction, esp. in the ileum: also called iliac passion.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Ileus, or Ileos, the small or thin Gut; also the twisting of the small Guts, when their Coats are doubled inward, and there is such a Stoppage that nothing can pass downward. 1732 Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 351 An Ileus..is commonly called the Twisting of the Guts, but is really either a Circumvolution or Insertion of one part of the Gut within the other. 1785 Med. Commun. 266 (heading), History of a Case of Ileus, where great benefit was derived from the application of a blister. |
2. Anat. = ileum.
| 1706 [see 1]. |