Definitions
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- noun medicine A medical condition involving absence of
ganglia .
Etymologies
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a- + ganglion + -osis
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Examples
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Born with total intestinal aganglionosis, Aria is "fed" through her veins, but the liquid diet has caused life-threatening liver damage.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2009
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Functional diseases: functional obstructive bowel diseases, congenital or acquired aganglionosis, Ogilvie syndrome, megacolon, irritable bowel disease
PLoS Medicine: New Articles Salomone Di Saverio et al. 2009
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