Meanings
nounvolvulus (countable and uncountable, plural volvuli or volvuluses)
plural volvuli · plural volvuluses
- countableuncountablemedicineObstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself.
Only one case of gallbladder volvulus within an incisional hernia has been previously described, but it was a parastomal herniation (Rosenblum et al. 2013).
2015 July 1, Pierre Goubault et al., “Gallbladder torsion within incisional hernia: an original cholecystitis”, in SpringerPlus, volume 4, →DOI
Origin
- Late Latinvolvulus“tending to roll”
- Englishvolvulus
Learned borrowing from Late Latin volvulus (“tending to roll”).
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian преплитане на червата
- преплитане на червата (preplitane na červata)twist in a loop of the bowel
Finnish suolen virhekiertymä, volvulus
- suolen virhekiertymätwist in a loop of the bowel
- volvulustwist in a loop of the bowel
French volvulus
- volvulustwist in a loop of the bowel
German Darmverschlingung, Darmverdrehung
- Darmverschlingungtwist in a loop of the bowel
- Darmverdrehungtwist in a loop of the bowel
Hungarian bélcsavarodás
- bélcsavarodástwist in a loop of the bowel
Polish skręt kiszek, skręt jelit
- skręt kiszektwist in a loop of the bowel
- skręt jelittwist in a loop of the bowel
Portuguese vólvulo
- vólvulotwist in a loop of the bowel
Romanian obstrucție intestinală, ocluzie intestinală
- obstrucție intestinalătwist in a loop of the bowel
- ocluzie intestinalătwist in a loop of the bowel
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APA
volvulus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volvulus
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“volvulus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volvulus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “volvulus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volvulus.
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