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Hirschsprung's disease
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English
Etymology
After Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916), Danish physician who first described it.
Noun
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en medicine Congenital aganglionic megacolon, a disorder in which the bowel is obstructed by an aganglionic section of bowel and the colon becomes enlarged.
Translations
congenital aganglionic megacolon
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 先天性巨結腸症 xiāntiānxìng jùjiécháng zhèng, cmn 赫希施普龍氏病 Hèxīshīpǔlóngshìbìng
Finnish: fi Hirschsprungin tauti
French: fr maladie de Hirschsprung f
Russian: ru боле́знь Ги́ршпрунга f
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