Medical Definition of Hourglass stomach

1. A condition in which there is a central constriction of the wall of the stomach dividing it into two cavities, cardiac and pyloric. Synonym: bilocular stomach, ectasia ventriculi paradoxa. Leather-bottle stomach, marked thickening and rigidity of the stomach wall, with reduced capacity of the lumen although often without obstruction; nearly always due to scirrhous carcinoma, as in linitis plastica. Synonym: sclerotic stomach. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hourglass Stomach

hounding
hounds
houndstooth check
hound dog
Hounsfield number
Hounsfield unit
houp
hour
hour
hourglass
hourglasses
hourglass contraction
hourglass head
hourglass murmur
hourglass pattern
hourglass stomach (current term)
hourglass vertebrae
houri
houris
hourlies
hourlong
hourly
hours
hour angle
hour circle
hour hand
Housatonic
Housatonic River
house
house

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