Medical Definition of Blind loop syndrome
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Malabsorption, especially of vitamin b12 or folic acid, due to metabolic competition by bacteria proliferating in a segment of small intestine excluded from normal peristaltic movement; it may occur as a postoperative complication of side-to-side anastomosis of intestine, as a result of intestinal diverticula, fistula, etc.
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blind Loop Syndrome
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