ileo- or (before a vowel) ile-
combining form
indicating the ileum
⇒
ileostomy
ileo-
Word Origin
1
a combining form representing ileum, in compound words:
ileostomy.
Also, especially before a vowel, ile-.
Origin
< New Latin
Related Words
- ile-
- ileocecal
- ileocolitis
- ileocolostomy
- ileostomy
ileo-a word element meaning 'ileum', as in ileostomy.
[Latin, combining form of īleum groin, flank]1847 Craig, Ilio-cœcal valve..Ilio-colic artery..Ilio-lumbar artery.
1876 tr. Wagner'sGen. Pathol. 33In the ileo-cæcal region.
1897 Allbutt Syst. Med. III. 823In ilio-colic invaginations.
1886 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,Ileo-colitis.
1887 Trans. Internat. Med. Congr. 9th Session I. 485An ileo-colostomy or ileo-rectostomy..should be done in all cases of irreducible ileo-cæcal invagination.
Ibid. 475Intestinal anastomosis, by making an ileo-colostomy by lateral apposition of the ileum to colon below the invagination.
1967 J. H. Garlock Surg. Alimentary Tract ix. 427In the same category, one may include the bypassing operation of ileocolostomy.
1887 Trans. Internat. Med. Congr. 9th Session I. 479Two adjacent coils of the ileum were united by making an ileo-ileostomy.
1889 Lancet 16 Mar. 531/1 Jejuno-ileostomy and ileo-ileostomy were performed in identically the same way.
1901 N. Senn Pract. Surg. xxiii. 833Jejuno-ileostomy and ileo-ileostomy by apposition with decalcified bone-plates..is an operation almost devoid of danger.
1878 Bell tr. Gegenbaur'sComp. Anat. 311The ileoparietal band..attached to the hind gut.
1903 Ileo-sigmoid . [ see colo-colicadj. ]
1968 J. C. Goligher et al. Ulcerative Colitis xiii. 237The first such operation involving an ileo-sigmoid anastomosis was recorded by Lilienthal as early as 1901.
1892 Lancet 16 Apr. 864/2 (heading) Ileo-sigmoidostomy (Senn's method) for intestinal obstruction due to malignant disease of the hepatic flexure of the colon.
1964 H. E. Bacon Cancer Colon, Rectum & Anal Canal xv. 806/1Ileosigmoidostomy..shortcuts the entire colon and renders it more or less functionless.
1890 Billings Med. Dict. I. 682/1Ileostomy.
1891 T. Bryant in Lancet 3 Jan. 1/1The operation I am about to describe may well be called ‘ileostomy’.
1926 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. XIII. 711Against ileostomy, however, we urge the loss of an important sphincter and portion of the digestive tract.
1968 J. C. Goligher et al. Ulcerative Colitis xiii. 236The creation of a terminal ileostomy.
1968 Colcock & Braasch Surg. Small Intestine in Adult xiii. 179The great majority of patients with ulcerative colitis who need surgery will require a complete removal of the colon and rectum and an ileostomy.
Ibid. 181A temporary ileostomy appliance is cemented to the skin over the ileostomy.
1971 M. Sparsberg ( title)Ileostomy care.
ileo-
comb. form from ileum, q.v..
ORIGIN: from ileum + -o- .
ileo-
combining form
see ile-
see ile-
ileo-
Prefix
- Of or relating to the ileum.
Etymology
From ileum.
Derived terms
English words prefixed with ileo-