Usually means: Severe, life-threatening colon dilation.
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▸ noun:  (pathology) An acute and severe form of megacolon, usually a complication of inflammatory bowel disease.

Similar:
megacolon, megasigmoid, megadolichocolon, colitis, gastrocolitis, megaloblastosis, enteromegaly, megacystis, colonopathy, toxicemia, more...

Opposite:
healthy colon, normal colon, non-toxic colon

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Similar:
megacolon, megasigmoid, megadolichocolon, colitis, gastrocolitis, megaloblastosis, enteromegaly, megacystis, colonopathy, toxicemia, more...

Opposite:
healthy colon, normal colon, non-toxic colon



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