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What does megacolon mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) Abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
  2. (countable) A colon thus enlarged.
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Severe colitis was defined as perforation, toxic megacolon, shock or death within 30 days of diagnosis.
He was a great, if skinny version of the megacolon burger boy of the later Vegas years.
Megacolon is a severe form of constipation seen in cats where the large intestine actually becomes enlarged and filled with hard fecal material.
Dif may experience complications including shock, need for colectomy, megacolon, perforation and even death within a 30 day period.
Megacolon is an uncommon spontaneous finding in monkeys.
Ongoing rectal hyposensitivity may lead to faecal impaction, secondary dilation and the development of a megacolon.

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