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megacolon (meg″ә-ko´lәn) dilatation and hypertrophy of the colon. acquired megacolon
any type associated with chronic constipation but normal innervation of intestinal ganglion cells. acute megacolon
toxic megacolon. aganglionic megacolon
, congenital megacolon
Hirschsprung disease. toxic megacolon
acute dilatation of the colon associated with amebic dysentery or ulcerative colitis; called also acute megacolon.
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