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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] bladder + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] tumor: cf. F.

cystocele

(Med.)

Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

Noun.

[Gr., a bladder or a tumor.] A hernia or rupture formed by the protrusion of the urinary bladder.

See also: cystocèle

cystocele ‎(plural cystoceles)

(medicine) Hernial intrusion of the bladder into the ****, resulting from tearing of the pubocervical fascia during childbirth and often accompanied by urethroceles.