Enterocele

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In surgery, a hernial tumor, in any situation, whose contents are a portion of the intestines.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An intestinal hernia
  • Word Usage
    "He describes scrotal hernia under the name enterocele, and says that it is due either to a tearing or a stretching of the peritoneum."
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