epiplocele Path.
(ɛˈpɪpləsiːl)
Also 8 epiploocele.
[ad. Gr. ἐπιπλοκήλη, f. ἐπίπλοον (see epiploön) + κήλη rupture.]
A hernia or rupture in which a portion of the omentum is protruded.
| 1721–1800 Bailey, Epiploocele. 1758 J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) Dict., Epiplocele. 1849–52 Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 986/2 An epiplocele..might readily be mistaken for an additional testicle. |