BUBONOCELE

bubonocele. Bubonocele, n. an inguinal rupture

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Bu‐bon″o‐cele (bū̍‐bŏn″ō̍‐sēl), n. [[Gr. βοuβών groin + � tumor: cf. F. bubonocèle.]] (Med.) An inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo.