noun
Hirschsprung's disease
Medical term for a congenital condition where nerve cells are missing in part of the colon, causing bowel obstruction.
ヒルシュスプルング病は新生児期に発見されることが多い。
Hirschsprung's disease is often detected in the newborn period.
Named after the Danish physician Harald Hirschsprung, who first described the condition in 1886.