肠梗阻

腸梗阻
chánggěngzǔ
noun #50,160

Meanings

  1. 1 intestinal obstruction
  2. 2 bowel obstruction
  3. 3 ileus

Examples

Tā dùzi jùtòng, bèi zhěnduàn wéi chánggěngzǔ.
He had severe stomach pain and was diagnosed with intestinal obstruction.
Yánzhòng de chánggěngzǔ kěnéng xūyào shǒushù zhìliáo.
Severe intestinal obstruction may require surgical treatment.

Tips

memory
Parse as (intestine) + 梗阻 (block up): the intestine getting blocked. Same appears in 脑梗塞 (cerebral infarction) and 心梗 (heart attack) — always a medical sense of 'blockage'.

Stroke Order

cháng
gěng