Definitions
Etymologies
- New Latin, from Latin volvere, to turn; see volvox. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“After the surgeon found Chase's intestines were full of dying tissue, due to a disease called volvulus, his parents were told he might survive with an intestinal transplant.”
“•The five breeds with the highest relative proportion of death from gastrointestinal causes including parvovirus and gastric dilation and volvulus syndrome — known as bloat were Great Dane, Gordon setter, Akita, Shar-pei and Weimeraner.”
USA Today: Diseases that kill dogs tend to affect specific breeds
“There are a number of dramatic scenes on operating tables in Cutting for Stone: the twins 'births, Thomas Stone amputating his own finger, Ghosh untwisting Colonel Mebratu's volvulus, the liver transplant, etc.”
“River blindness: A disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic nematode.”
“The filarial worms have essentially the same life cycle as O. volvulus, and the same susceptibility to ivermectin.”
“Parasitologists have discovered that ivermectin actually works effectively against many other parasites, including O. volvulus.”
“Called Onchocerca volvulus, these animals, male and female, spend their ten-year-long lives in these nodules, making thousands of babies.”
“Like guinea worms, O. volvulus has no vaccine, but it does have a partial cure.”
“One is Onchocerca volvulus, the worm that travels in black flies and causes river blindness.”
“Of about 18 million people infected with the larvae of the Onchocerca volvulus worm, more than 750,000 victims had gone blind or lost some of their vision.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘volvulus’.
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Not Dirty Words
volvulus, quincunx, testudinate, macerate, defalcate, woodcock, titular, invaginate, logorrhea, jaculate, spatchcock
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Worse Than They Sound
fistula, cryptosporidium, debride, donnybrook, decerebrate, pillory, flagellate, disembogue, minatory, micturate, coprolite, nosocomial and 160 more...
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Random
These are just some random words that I might find a list for someday.
troglodytism, chinkle, vasculum, sabz, cucullus, tricornigerous, cuboctahedron, eruca, gamp, pilum, taha, angelhood and 244 more...
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Pathologica
carcinoma, sarcoma, dyscrasia, sclerosis, ictus, intussusception, thrombosis, embolism, sepsis, carcinomatosis, acrochordon, nevus and 58 more...
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Wordplayer This is another twisted malady. Also see intussusception Apr 28, 2011