situs inversus

[in-vur-suhs]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. a congenital defect in which an organ is on the side opposite from its normal position.

Word History and Origins

Origin of situs inversus¹

< New Latin: inverse situs; inverse

Example Sentences

On the other hand, on the morning of the day we met, Gibson had prospected a nugget out of the newspaper: that the actor Eddie Marsan has situs inversus, a condition in which the positions of major internal organs are flipped into the opposite side of the body.

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It also could be important for understanding why approximately 1 in 10,000 people are born with situs inversus, a condition where their internal organs are flipped like a lefty snail’s shell.

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An earlier version of this article misstated the number of people who have the condition known as situs inversus.

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She had situs inversus with levocardia, which means her liver, stomach and other abdominal organs were reversed right to left - the mirror image of a typical human anatomy.

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Situs inversus with levocardia is rare, occurring about once in every 22,000 births.

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