Crossword-Solution: ILEUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ileus | n. | A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac, / iliac, passion. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ILEUS | anagram | EULIS, LIEUS, LUISE |
We have 7 clues for the answer “ILEUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Abdominal ailment | 1 answer |
| Internal obstruction | 1 answer |
| Intestinal blockage | 1 answer |
| Intestinal disorder | 1 answer |
| Intestinal obstruction | 1 answer |
| Severe colic | 1 answer |
| son of Apollo | 37 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ACEMEZ
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with ILEUS (5)
Neoptolemus kills Priam who had fled to the altar of Zeus Herceius (1); Menelaus finds Helen and takes her to the ships, after killing Deiphobus; and Aias the son of Ileus, while trying to drag Cassandra away by force, tears away with her the image of Athena.
The reference is to the stones which Deucalion and Pyrrha transformed into men and women after the Flood.] 1753 (return) [ Eustathius identifies Ileus with Oileus, father of Aias.
Here again is fanciful etymology, ILEUS being similar to ILEOS (complaisant, gracious).] 1754 (return) [ Imitated by Vergil, “Aeneid” vii.
The same retrograde motions affect the whole intestinal canal in ileus; and the oesophagus in globus hystericus.
Empyema is treated very thoroughly, liver abscess, ascites, which he warns must be emptied slowly, ileus especially when it reaches stercoraceous vomiting, and the various difficulties of urination, he divides them into dysuria, ischuria, and stranguria, are all discussed in quite modern fashion.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 21 times in crossword archives (1972–2018).