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"Colonic inertia" is a condition known to be one of the most common factors which cause constipation.
Intestinal obstruction (or bowel obstruction) is a mechanical or functional obstruction (or blockage) of the intestines caused by many different factors or conditions.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere is no other medical term for this. Doctors call it "bowel obstruction". It can have other words if the doctor is being specific about which bit of the bowel is obstructed....
colon = colonic obstruction
ileum = ileal
jejunum = jejunal
duodenum = duodenal
stomach = gastric
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∙ 10y agoThe medical term for obstruction or blockage is Obstruction. You can add a prefix for the organ affected viz Small bowel obstruction, large bowel obstruction, tracheal obstruction, obstructed kidneys.........
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