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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Herniation of the urinary bladder through the wall of the vagina.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hernia or rupture formed by the protrusion of the urinary bladder.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

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  • noun medicine Hernial intrusion of the bladder into the vagina, resulting from tearing of the pubocervical fascia during childbirth and often accompanied by urethroceles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth

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  • Uterine prolapse is often accompanied by a falling of the bladder (cystocele) and rectum (rectocele).

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  •  Choose most specific and relevant code (need human decision)  Acute pharyngitis instead of URI  See description for more details (inclusions, exclusions) N811 Cystocele Cystocele with urethrocele Prolapse of (anterior) vaginal wall NOS Excludes: cystocele with prolapse of uterus (N812-N814)  NOS Not Otherwise Specified  NEC Not Elsewhere Classified  Use the most detailed items  Don't use N81 but use N811

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