Hirschsprung's disease

English

Etymology

After Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916), Danish physician who first described it.

Noun

Hirschsprung's disease (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Congenital aganglionic megacolon, a disorder in which the bowel is obstructed by an aganglionic section of bowel and the colon becomes enlarged.

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