bubonocele
(bjuːˈbɒnəsiːl)
[a. Gr. βουβωνοκήλη, f. βουβῶν the groin + κήλη a rupture; cf. F. bubonocèle.]
Inguinal rupture or hernia.
| 1615 Crooke Body of Man 91 Whence it commeth to passe, that woemen are often troubled with the Boubonocele. 1736 Phil. Trans. XXXIX. 329 The Cure of the Hernia..could be obtained by no other Operation than that for the Bubonocele. 1876 Gross Dis. Bladder 343 A hernia of this description is sometimes complicated with a bubonocele, or hernia of the groin. |