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CONGENITAL MEGACOLON

Dictionary entry overview: What does congenital megacolon mean?

• CONGENITAL MEGACOLON (noun)
The noun CONGENITAL MEGACOLON has 1 sense:

1. congenital condition in which the colon does not have the normal network of nerves; there is little urge to defecate so the feces accumulate and cause megacolon

Familiarity information: CONGENITAL MEGACOLON used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CONGENITAL MEGACOLON (noun)

Sense 1

congenital megacolon ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Congenital condition in which the colon does not have the normal network of nerves; there is little urge to defecate so the feces accumulate and cause megacolon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

congenital megacolon; Hirschsprung's disease

Hypernyms ("congenital megacolon" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)

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