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An opening where the small intestine joins the large intestine.  

Referring to the ileum and the caecum.  

The surgical removal of all or part of the ileum. Surgical removal of the ileum (small intestine) or part of the ileum.  

A part of the small intestine which is made into a new rectum in a surgical operation, freeing someone from the need for an ileostomy after their colon is removed. A reservoir is formed using loops of the ileum (lower part of the small intestine) to replace a surgically removed rectum. In cases where an…

An artificial tube formed when the ureters are linked to part of the ileum, and that part is linked to an opening in the abdominal wall.  

A slow natural rhythm in the ventricles of the heart, but not in the atria. A cardiac rhythm that arises from pacemakers in ventricular muscle.  

Affecting or peculiar to the ventricles of the heart. The term is most often used to describe the very slow beat of the ventricles under the influence of their own natural subsidiary pacemaker. To the cardiac ventricle alone when dissociated from the atrium. A heart rhythm that arises in the ventricle is an idioventricular rhythm.…

A condition which develops without any known cause.  

Epilepsy not caused by a brain disorder, beginning during childhood or adolescence. The term “idiopathic epilepsy” is used to describe a form of epilepsy that has no known physical cause, such as brain injury.