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Webster 1913 Edition


Enterocele

En′ter-o-celeˊ

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἐντεροκήλη
;
ἔντερον
an intestine +
κήλη
tumor, hernia.]
(Med.)
A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.

Webster 1828 Edition


Enterocele

EN'TEROCELE

,
Noun.
[Gr. intestine, and tumor.] In surgery, intestinal hernia; a rupture of the intestines.

Definition 2024


enterocele

enterocele

English

Noun

enterocele (plural enteroceles)

  1. (pathology) An intestinal hernia