typhlostenosis

typhlostenosis

An obsolete term for stenosis of the caecum; it is not used in the working medical parlance, replaced by cecal stricture.

typhlostenosis

(tĭf″lō-stĕn-ō′sĭs) [Gr. typhlon, cecum, + stenosis, act of narrowing] Stenosis or stricture of the cecum.