inguinal

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A 3-year-old boy presented to an outpatient dermatology clinic for an outbreak of pustules involving his inguinal area.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or located in the groin.

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  • A 3-year-old boy presented to an outpatient dermatology clinic for an outbreak of pustules involving his inguinal area. —  Archives of Pediatrics current issue
  • [148 He applies sutures through the sides of the dilated inguinal or crural canals, or umbilical openings, in such a manner as to insure their complete closure 1. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
  • Its diagnosis from inguinal hernia, &c.; Its varieties. —  Surgical Anatomy
  • The femoral hernia, commencing on a level with, 5, the femoral arch, descends the femoral canal, under cover of the fascia lata, and appears on the upper and forepart of the thigh at the saphenous opening, 6, 7, formed in the fascia lata; and thence, instead of descending to the scrotum, like the inguinal hernia, turns, on the contrary, up over the falciform process, 6, till its fundus rests near, 5, the very place beneath which it originated. —  Surgical Anatomy
  • Bearing in mind that scrotal hernia is seen only in entire horses, we may proceed to detail the symptoms of strangulated, inguinal, and scrotal hernia at the same time. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
 

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  1. Latin inguinālis, from inguen, inguin-, groin.

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  1. = French inguinal = Spanish Portuguese inguinal = Italian inguinale, from Latin inguinalis, from inguen (inguin-), the groin.
 

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/ˈɪŋgwɪnəl/
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