epiplocele
epiplocele
[e-pip´lo-sēl] omental hernia.
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e·pip·lo·cele
(e-pip'lō-sēl), Rarely used term for hernia of the omentum.
[epiplo- + G. kēlē, hernia]
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A case of intercostal hernia due to
epiplocele was successfully treated in a heifer.
Hence, the case was diagnosed to be inguinal hysterocele complicated with open pyometra in the right side and suspected to be inguinal
epiplocele in the left side.
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