different between volvulus vs strangulation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin volvulus (“tending to roll”), from volvo (“I roll”) +? -ulus (“tending to, inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?l.vj?l.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?l.vj?l.?s/

Noun

volvulus (countable and uncountable, plural volvuli or volvuluses)

1. (medicine) Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself.

Translations

Further reading

• volvulus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From volvo (“I roll”) +? -ulus (“tending to, inclined to”).

Pronunciation

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vol.vu.lus/, [?v?lvulus]

Adjective

volvulus (feminine volvula, neuter volvulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) Tending to roll.

   Onchocerca volvulus

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

• ? English: volvulus

English

Etymology

From Latin strangulatio (“choking, suffocation”), from strangulare (“to choke, suffocate”); see strangle.

Noun

strangulation (countable and uncountable, plural strangulations)

1. The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
2. The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.

Translations

Related terms

• strangle
• strangulate

Further reading

• strangulation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• strangulation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• strangulation at OneLook Dictionary Search