hysterocele
[hĭs′tə-rō-sēl′]
n.
An abdominal or perineal hernia containing part or all of the uterus.
Protrusion of uterine contents into a weakened, bulging area of the uterine wall.
Nearby words
- hysterical personality,
- hysterical psychosis,
- hysterics,
- hystero-,
- hysterocatalepsy,
- hysterocleisis,
- hysterodynia,
- hysteroepilepsy,
- hysterogenic,
- hysterogram
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