PROHIBITIONISM

Etymology

Noun

prohibitionism (uncountable)

(legal) The doctrine that people will refrain from certain actions if they are deemed unlawful (prohibited)

Source: Wiktionary



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MEGACOLON

(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)


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