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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, hernia of the epiploön or omentum; omental hernia.
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When the scrotum contains only omentum, he calls the condition epiplocele; when it also contains intestine, an epiplo-enterocele.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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