Usually means: Obstruction of the intestinal flow.
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  1. ileus: Merriam-Webster
  2. ileus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ileus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ileus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ileus: Vocabulary.com
  6. ileus: Wordnik
  7. ileus: Wiktionary
  8. ileus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ileus: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ileus: Dictionary.com
  11. Ileus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Ileus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. ileus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. ileus: Rhymezone
  15. Ileus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. ileus: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. ileus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. ileus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Ileus: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Ileus: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. ileus: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. ileus: Medical dictionary
  9. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  10. Ileus: Drug Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (ileus)

noun:  (medicine, modern usage) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis.
noun:  (medicine, broad definition, now rare) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract from any cause.

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