volvulus

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.
    • 2015 July 1, Pierre Goubault et al., “Gallbladder torsion within incisional hernia: an original cholecystitis”, in SpringerPlus, volume 4, →DOI:
      Only one case of gallbladder volvulus within an incisional hernia has been previously described, but it was a parastomal herniation (Rosenblum et al. 2013).

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Finnish

Etymology

From Late Latin volvulus.

Pronunciation

Noun

volvulus

  1. (pathology) volvulus (medical condition)

Declension

Inflection of volvulus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative volvulus volvulukset
genitive volvuluksen volvulusten
volvuluksien
partitive volvulusta volvuluksia
illative volvulukseen volvuluksiin
singular plural
nominative volvulus volvulukset
accusative nom. volvulus volvulukset
gen. volvuluksen
genitive volvuluksen volvulusten
volvuluksien
partitive volvulusta volvuluksia
inessive volvuluksessa volvuluksissa
elative volvuluksesta volvuluksista
illative volvulukseen volvuluksiin
adessive volvuluksella volvuluksilla
ablative volvulukselta volvuluksilta
allative volvulukselle volvuluksille
essive volvuluksena volvuluksina
translative volvulukseksi volvuluksiksi
abessive volvuluksetta volvuluksitta
instructive volvuluksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of volvulus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvol.vu.lus/,

Adjective

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

  1. (New Latin) Tending to roll.
    Onchocerca volvulus

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative volvulus volvula volvulum volvulī volvulae volvula
genitive volvulī volvulae volvulī volvulōrum volvulārum volvulōrum
dative volvulō volvulae volvulō volvulīs
accusative volvulum volvulam volvulum volvulōs volvulās volvula
ablative volvulō volvulā volvulō volvulīs
vocative volvule volvula volvulum volvulī volvulae volvula

Descendants

  • English: volvulus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French volvulus.

Noun

volvulus n (uncountable)

  1. volvulus

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative volvulus volvulusul
genitive-dative volvulus volvulusului
vocative volvulusule