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bubonocele

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bu⋅bon⋅o⋅cele

  [byoo-bon-uh-seel, boo-]
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–noun Pathology.
an inguinal hernia, esp. one in which the protrusion of the intestine is limited to the region of the groin.
Origin:
1605–15; < Gk boubōno-, comb. form of boubn groin + -cele 1
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Main Entry: bu·bon·o·cele
Pronunciation: b(y)ü-'bän-&-"sEl
Function: noun
: an inguinal hernia; especially : a hernia in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin and forms a swelling there like a bubo
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bubonocele bu·bon·o·cele (b&oomacr;-bŏn'ə-sēl', by&oomacr;-)
n.
An inguinal hernia, especially one in which the knuckle of intestine has not yet emerged from the external abdominal ring.

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