femoral hernia

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A hernia through the femoral ring.crural hernia enteromerocele merocele

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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A bullet had struck a femoral artery and it was gushing blood as she kept firing.
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He was afraid he had a hernia (which is common, with all the yelling they do).
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Prince Harry, a friendly creature of limited intelligence, was having an op to repair an umbilical hernia.
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One of these is the liability to inguinal hernia, or rupture, which leads to much suffering and frequent death in man.
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Hernia was Chauliac's specialty, and in it his surgical judgment is admirable.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh
Chauliac discussed operations for hernia very conservatively.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh
Then wait till you see him cut for calculus, or perform for hernia.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844|Various
Nevertheless that he was a medical man, especially successful in treating hernia, is believed by everyone in and round Catania.
Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones