EPIPLOCELE

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 35

(Lat.), n. f. Eap-ia-plo(plo3)-sel(kal)'e(a); in Eng., eap-i2p'lo-sel. Gen., epiploceles. Gr., eiriirAoxqAi) (from eiriirAooi', the omentum, and <ci}Ai}, a tumor). Fr., epiplocele. Ger., Netzbruch. A hernia containing omentum. [E.] [s. 732]