enteroptosis

enteroptosis
en·ter·op·to·sis .ent-ə-.räp-'tō-səs n, pl -to·ses -.sēz an abnormal sagging or downward displacement of the intestines
en·ter·op·tot·ic -'tät-ik adj

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n.
a condition in which loops of intestine (especially transverse colon) are in a low anatomical position. At one time this was thought to cause various abdominal symptoms, and operations were devised to correct it. It is now known that no symptoms result from simple anatomical variations of this sort.

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