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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, a turning inside out of a part; specifically, a congenital malformation of the bladder.

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  • noun (Med.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.

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  • noun medicine The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.

Etymologies

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Examples

  • Bladder exstrophy is a rare congenital anomaly in which the bladder and urethra have not formed properly, leading to herniation through the anterior abdominal anterior wall.

    Reconstructive urologic surgery in children 2010

  • Cloacal exstrophy variants: Can blighted conjoined twinning play a role?

    Publications of the Urology Division 2010

  • Can a complete primary repair approach be applied to cloacal exstrophy?

    Publications of the Urology Division 2010

  • These include repairs for bladder exstrophy, cloacal exstrophy, spina bifida, hypospadias and epispadias.

    Reconstructive urologic surgery in children 2010

  • We are well known for our major reconstructive surgical program, in which bladder and cloacal exstrophy (a birth defect in boys and girls), and hypospadias (a urethral defect in boys) are repaired.

    Urology 2010

  • Modified bladder neck reconstruction in patients with incontinence after staged exstrophy/epispadias closures.

    Publications of the Urology Division 2010

  • Myers was born a male with cloacal exstrophy, a rare defect that includes an exposed gastrointestinal tract and bladder.

    Inmate sues Va. prison system the Richmond Times-Dispatch 2010

  • AE is apparently dose related (eg, childhood play behaviors in girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia CAH) and associated with development of male gender identity (patients with 46,XY cloacal exstrophy who were gonadectomized neonatally).

    It's Easier to make a Hole than a Pole Zoe Brain 2008

  • After testing, we later found out the birth defect has a name, cloacal exstrophy, or ambiguous genitalia.

    Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007

  • After testing, we later found out the birth defect has a name, cloacal exstrophy, or ambiguous genitalia.

    Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007

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