different between ileus vs intestinal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?leus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (eileós, “intestinal obstruction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??li?s/

Noun

ileus (plural ileuses or ilei)

1. (medicine, modern usage) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis.
2. (medicine, broad definition, now rare) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract from any cause.
   • 1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, Volume II: Classes of Diseases, IV: Diseases of Association, Ordo III: Retrograde Associate Motions, Genus II: Catenated with sensitive motions,

     The perpetual vomiting in ileus is caused in like manner by the defective excitement of the sensorial power of association by the bowel, which is torpid during the intervals of pain; and the stomach sympathizes with it.

   • 1849, Hippocrates, Francis Adams (translator), Aphorisms,

     When ileus comes on in a case of strangury, they prove fatal in seven days, unless, fever supervening, there be a copious discharge of urine.

   • 1921, Western Osteopathic Association, et al., The Western osteopath, Volume 16, page 20,

     You must expect to lose from 40% to 60% of all acute post operative ileuses, and about 20% of your sub-acute cases.

   • 2002, Douglas H. Slatter, Textbook of Small Animal Surgery, Volume 1, page 420,

     Thus, ileus also has potential detrimental effects in sterile peritonitis by providing a source and mechanism for entry of bacteria into the peritoneal cavity.

     Other factors commonly encountered in animals with peritonitis may also predispose to adynamic ileus.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• volvulus

References

• Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary, 22nd edition, W. B. Saunders, 1977

• “ileus” in The Concise Oxford Dictionary, seventh edition, Oxford University Press, 1982.
• ileus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Lieus

Czech

Noun

ileus m

1. ileus

Further reading

• ileus in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• ileus in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

English

Etymology 1

intestine +? -al

Adjective

intestinal (not comparable)

1. Relating to the intestines.

Derived terms

• gastrointestinal
• intestinal flora

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin intest?nus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).

Adjective

intestinal (not comparable)

1. (rare) Internal.

Anagrams

• instantlie

Catalan

Etymology

intestí +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.t?s.ti?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.tes.ti?nal/

Adjective

intestinal (masculine and feminine plural intestinals)

1. intestinal

Derived terms

• gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “intestinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “intestinal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “intestinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “intestinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From intestin +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?s.ti.nal/

Adjective

intestinal (feminine singular intestinale, masculine plural intestinaux, feminine plural intestinales)

1. intestinal

Further reading

• “intestinal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• latinisent

Galician

Etymology

intestino +? -al

Adjective

intestinal m or f (plural intestinais)

1. intestinal

Derived terms

• gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “intestinal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nt?sti?na?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

intestinal (not comparable)

1. intestinal

Declension

Derived terms

• extraintestinal
• gastrointestinal

Portuguese

Etymology

intestino +? -al

Adjective

intestinal m or f (plural intestinais, comparable)

1. intestinal

Derived terms

• gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “intestinal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French intestinal

Adjective

intestinal m or n (feminine singular intestinal?, masculine plural intestinali, feminine and neuter plural intestinale)

1. intestinal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

intestino +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intesti?nal/, [?n?.t?es.t?i?nal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

intestinal (plural intestinales)

1. intestinal

Derived terms

• gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “intestinal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.