HYSTEROCELE

(Lat.), n. f. Hiast(hu8t)-ear-o(o)-se](kal)'e(a); in Eng., hiast'ear-o-sel. Gen., -cel'es. From vorrfpa, the uterus, and ijAi|, a hernia. Fr., hysterocele. Ger., Gebdrmutterbruch, Mutterbruch. A hernia containing the uterus. [A, 528.] Crural h. Lat., hernia uteri crural is. A femoral hernia containing the whole or a portion of the uterus. H. nuda. Procident i a of the uterus, [a, 40.] H. ventral is. See Ventral A.. Inguinal h. Lat., hernia uteri inguinal is. Fr., hysterocele inguinale. Ger., Mutterleistenbruch. An inguinal hernia containing the uterus. Ventral h. Lat., h. ventral is, hernia uteri ventral is. A ventral h. containing the uterus. [s. 424]