bubonocele

[byoo-bon-uh-seel, boo-]

noun Pathology.

an inguinal hernia, especially one in which the protrusion of the intestine is limited to the region of the groin.

Origin of bubonocele

1605–15; < Greek boubōno-, combining form of boubṓn groin + -cele¹

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British Dictionary definitions for bubonocele

bubonocele

noun

an incomplete hernia in the groin; partial inguinal hernia

Word Origin for bubonocele

C17: from Greek boubōn groin + kēlē tumour

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bubonocele in Medicine

bubonocele

[bōō-bŏn′ə-sēl′]

n.

An inguinal hernia, especially one in which the knuckle of intestine has not yet emerged from the external abdominal ring.