bubonocele

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noun
Definitions
  • (medicine) An inguinal hernia, especially of the incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo.

Etymology

Suffix from English bubo.

Origin

English

bubo

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