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    Dec 5, 2005, 12:30 AM
    Terminology question...
    This is a little weird but does anyone know what "pathological distention of the bowel" means?
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    Dec 5, 2005, 03:36 AM
    That's a fancy term for a stretched bowel... claimed to be a possible consequence of holding in your flatulence (farts).

    Really.

    See here and here.
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    Dec 5, 2005, 03:56 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Jetstream77
    This is a little weird but does anyone know what "pathological distention of the bowel" means?
    I would not say it is a fancy term. If it had been, there would not be a PATHOLOGICAL word before it. It means that your intestines are distended. Reasons maybe due to inflammation, infection, lack of some cells(Plexus) which makes it not fuctional.
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    Dec 5, 2005, 04:11 AM
    By fancy I meant medical.

    Distension means enlarged. Pathological means medical.

    So "pathological distention of the bowel" means "enlarged bowel" to the non-medical folk.

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