Word Meanings - MEROCELE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia .

Related words: (words related to MEROCELE)

• THIGH
  dije, OHG. dioh, thioh, Icel. thigh, rump, and probably to Lith. taukas fat of animals, tuk to become fat, Russ. tuke fat of animals.
• HERNIAL
  Of, or connected with, hernia.
• HERNIA
  A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia
• FEMORAL
  Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery. "Femoral habiliments." Sir W. Scott.
• ILIOFEMORAL
  Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments.