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Stenosis vs Volvulus - What's the difference?

stenosis | volvulus |

As nouns the difference between stenosis and volvulus

is that stenosis is (medicine) an abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ while volvulus is obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself.

stenosis

English

(wikipedia stenosis)

Noun

(stenoses)
  • (medicine) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.

    • volvulus

    English

    Noun

    (volvuli)
  • Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "volvulus")