Meanings
- uncountablemedicineCongenital aganglionic megacolon, a disorder in which the bowel is obstructed by an aganglionic section of bowel and the colon becomes enlarged.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncongenital 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
After Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916), Danish physician who first described it.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 先天性巨結腸症 /先天性巨结肠症, 赫希施普龍氏病 /赫希施普龙氏病
- 先天性巨結腸症 /先天性巨结肠症 (xiāntiānxìng jùjiécháng zhèng)congenital aganglionic megacolon
- 赫希施普龍氏病 /赫希施普龙氏病 (Hèxīshīpǔlóngshìbìng)congenital aganglionic megacolon
Finnish Hirschsprungin tauti
- Hirschsprungin tauticongenital aganglionic megacolon
French maladie de Hirschsprung
- maladie de Hirschsprungcongenital aganglionic megacolon
Russian боле́знь Ги́ршпрунга
- боле́знь Ги́ршпрунга (boléznʹ Gíršprunga)congenital aganglionic megacolon
Cite this entry
Hirschsprung's disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hirschsprung's%20disease
“Hirschsprung's disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hirschsprung's%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hirschsprung's disease,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hirschsprung's%20disease.
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