different between pileus vs ileus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pilleus (“a felt cap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?li?s/
• Homophone: pileous

Noun

pileus (plural pilei)

1. (mycology) The cap of a mushroom.

   Meronym: hymenium

   • 1994, Barry H. Rumack, David G. Spoerke, Handbook of Mushroom Poisoning: Diagnosis and Treatment, CRC Press (?ISBN), page 75:

     One must check the size and shape of the pileus as well as its color. Many weird and unexpected shapes are found in the mushroom kingdom.

2. The bell of a jellyfish.
3. (meteorology) A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.

   Synonyms: cap cloud, scarf cloud

   Hypernym: accessory cloud

   • 2011, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, The Cloud Collector's Handbook, Hachette UK (?ISBN)

     The most short-lived of all the accessory clouds, pileus is also the most beautiful.

4. (historical, Ancient Rome) A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.

   Coordinate term: Phrygian cap

   • 1859, William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 920:

     Among the Romans the cap of felt was the emblem of liberty. When a slave obtained his freedom he had his head shaved, and wore instead of his hair an undyed pileus.

5. The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.

   Synonym: crown

Translations

Further reading

• pileus (meteorology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pileus (hat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pileus (mycology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• epulis

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pi?.le.us/, [?pi???e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pi.le.us/, [?pi?l?us]

Noun

p?leus m (genitive p?le?); second declension

1. Alternative spelling of pilleus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• p?l?us (pill-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,181/1

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