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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ileus /ˈɪlɪəs/

▶noun Medicine a painful obstruction of the ileum or other part of the intestine.

– origin C17: from L., from Gk eileos, ilios ‘colic’.

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