Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Femoral hernia. See
hernia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia .
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- noun A
femoral hernia
Etymologies
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mero- + -cele
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she commented on the word merocele
A lovely word that is unfortunately an obsolete medical term for "femoral hernia" (harumph).
September 3, 2008