bubonocele

English

Etymology

From bubo +‎ -cele.

Noun

bubonocele (plural bubonoceles)

  1. (medicine) An inguinal hernia, especially of the incomplete variety in which the hernial sac descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo.

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