exstrophy

American  

[ek-struh-fee] / ˈɛk strə fi /

noun

• exstrophies
  plural

1. Pathology. a birth defect resulting in the eversion of an organ.

   exstrophy of the bladder.

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exstrophy British  

/ ˈɛkstrəfɪ /

noun

1. med congenital eversion of a hollow organ, esp the urinary bladder

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• exstrophies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of exstrophy

1830–40; < Greek ekstroph ( ḗ ) inversion of the uterus, literally, a turning inside out ( see ec-, strophe) + -y ³

Example Sentences

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exstrophy

The operative survival rate for exstrophy is better than the entire group quoted above, because of their younger age and the absence of tumor.

From Time Magazine Archive

He awoke in a great state of agitation, and a few days later the wife was delivered of a child with exstrophy of the bladder.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

There is a French record of a case of exstrophy of the umbilicus, attended with abnormal concretions.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Hodgen of St. Louis reports a case in which there was exstrophy of the heart through the fissure.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

It is the rule in exstrophy of the bladder.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle