English Explanatory Dictionary

König's syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A syndrome of abdominal pain in relation to meals, constipation alternated with diarrhea, meteorism, gurgling sounds (hyper-peristalsis) on auscultation (especially in the right iliac fossa), and abdominal distension. It is caused by an incomplete obstruction of the small intestine and especially of the ileocecal valve.

Word forms

König's syndrome

Etymology

Named after the German surgeon Franz König (1832–1910).

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