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Webster 1913 Edition


Bubonocele

Bu-bon′o-cele

(bū̍-bŏn′ō̍-sēl)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
βουβών
groin + [GREEK] tumor: cf. F.
bubonocèle
.]
(Med.)
An inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bubonocele

BU'BONOCELE

,
Noun.
[Gr.the groin, and a tumor.] Hernia inguinalis, or inguinal rupture; a tumor in the groin, formed by a prolapsus of the intestines or omentum or both, through the processes of the peritoneum and rings of the abdominal muscles.