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Webster 1828 Edition


Gastrocele

GAS'TROCELE

, [Gr. the stomach, and a tumor.] A rupture of the stomach.

Definition 2024


gastrocele

gastrocele

English

Noun

gastrocele (plural gastroceles)

  1. (anatomy) A cavity in the embryonic gastrula
  2. (pathology) A hernia in part of the stomach

Italian

Etymology

gastro- + -cele

Noun

gastrocele m (plural gastroceli)

  1. (pathology) gastrocele