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  1. n. medicine Congenital aganglionic megacolon, a disorder in which the bowel is obstructed by an aganglionic section of bowel and the colon becomes enlarged.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. 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

Etymologies

  1. After Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916), Danish physician who first described it. (Wiktionary)

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  1. hereditary disease
  1. genetic abnormality
  1. genetic defect
  1. genetic disease
  1. hereditary condition
  1. inherited disease
  1. genetic disorder
  1. inherited disorder
  1. congenital disease

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  1. megacolon

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