Ileus is a blockage of the intestines caused by a lack of peristalsis. Peristalsis is the pumping action of the intestines that helps move food through the digestive system. Ileus is used to describe both full and partial blockages. Solids (food), liquids, and gases are not able to move properly through the body when ileus occurs. Bowel movement can stop due to a mechanical blockage as well. Mechanical means there is something physically lodged in the intestine that is causing the blockage.
The meaning of this rune is 'cattle', a vital aspect of the life of any agricultural community and an important factor in the economy of a group of peoples initially unacquainted with the use of money. The rune represents possessions won or earned and thus also material gain.
Origin of name: from the Anglo-Saxon word  iron  or  iren  (the origin of the symbol Fe comes from the Latin word  ferrum  meaning  iron ). Possibly the word iron is derived from earlier words meaning holy metal because it was used to make the swords used in the Crusades..