Definitions for ileus

ileus il·e·us

Spelling: [il-ee-uh s]
IPA: /ˈɪl i əs/

Ileus is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in ileus (eilsu).

Definitions for ileus

noun

  1. intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.

Origin of ileus

1700-10; Latin īleus colic Greek eileós, equivalent to eile- (stem of eílein to roll) + -os noun suffix

Examples for ileus

Whence it appears, that the enteritis with hard quick pulse differs from ileus, described in Class I. 3.

Calomel from ten to twenty grains given in small pills as in ileus; these means used early in the disease generally succeed.

Is the seat or cause of the ileus always below the valve of the colon, and that of the cholera above it?

In respect to the introsusception and hernia, see ileus, Class I. 3.

That is natural, but it is a shock to have him here described as son of ileus.

The son of ileus is "Ajax the less," a hero of the second rank.

Word Value for ileus
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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