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hirschsprung's disease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hirschsprung's dis-ease
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Synonyms

congenital megacolon

Questions

What does hirschsprung's disease mean?
Congenital aganglionic megacolon, a disorder in which the bowel is obstructed by an aganglionic section of bowel and the colon becomes enlarged.
Where does hirschsprung's disease come from?
After Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916), Danish physician who first described it.

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