ilealadj.
/ˈɪlɪəl/, U.S. /ˈɪliəl/ Of, within, or supplying the ileum.
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ileo-caecal1847
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ileo-colic1897
ileo-sigmoid1903
1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I
1895 R. T. Morris Lect. Appendicitis v. 100 (heading) The experimental production of ileal intussusception with carbonate of sodium.
1902 D. J. Cunningham Text-bk. Anat. 802 The ileal branch [of the superior mesenteric artery]..turns upwards and to the left in the lowest part of the mesentery.
1934 N. C. Lake & C. T. Marshall Surg. Anat. & Physiol. xxxiii. 521 An appreciable degree of obstruction of the small gut (‘ileal stasis’).
1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 26/2 Epidemics of ileal obstruction were first recognized in 1964.
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