单词 | situs inversus |
释义 | situs inversusn. Medicine. A congenital condition in which the position of one or more internal organs is reversed from left to right or right to left in the body (such as the heart on the right side, liver on the left side, etc.). Cf. transposition n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > transposition transposition1842 situs inversus1844 1844 London & Edinb. Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. July 639 In this highly interesting example [of ischiadelphic double monstrosity]..there is not situs inversus of non-symmetrical organs, at least of the heart, stomach liver, and spleen. 1891 Lancet 21 Feb. 434/2 He..had also seen a case of situs inversus of the heart alone associated with malformation of that organ. 1966 G. P. Wright & W. S. Symmers Systemic Pathol. I. xv. 484/2 Situs inversus due to malrotation of the foetal gut..is very rare. 1976 Sci. Amer. Sept. 68/2 Patients exhibiting situs inversus frequently suffer from chronic sinusitis and bronchitis. 2015 MailOnline (Nexis) 3 June (Health section) Most people with situs inversus have no medical symptoms or complications. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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