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hemiloop

hemiloop noun: half of a loop, especially of the bowel.

Noun

hemiloop (plural hemiloops)

  1. Half of a loop, especially of the bowel.
    • Early reports of the LILT showed a high complication rate with anastomotic stenosis, staple line leakage, interloop abscess and fistulae formation, and hemiloop necrosis resulting from vascular compromise, but with more experience the complication rate has been reduced.2014 June 6, Aparna Rege, “The Surgical Approach to Short Bowel Syndrome – Autologous Reconstruction versus Transplantation”, in Viszeralmedizin, volume 30, →DOI

Forms of hemiloop

pluralhemiloops

Origin of hemiloop

From hemi- + loop.

Questions about hemiloop

What does hemiloop mean?
Hemiloop means half of a loop, especially of the bowel.
What part of speech is hemiloop?
Hemiloop is a noun.
What is the plural of hemiloop?
The plural of hemiloop is hemiloops.

Words near hemiloop in the dictionary

  1. hemilineage
  2. hemilineages
  3. hemilingual
  4. hemiliver
  5. hemilivers
  6. hemiloop
  7. hemiloops
  8. hemimacula
  9. hemimacular
  10. hemimaculas
  11. hemimandible

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