enteroepiplocelen.
/ˌɛntərəʊɛˈpɪpləsiːl/, /ˌɛntərəʊᵻˈpɪpləsiːl/, U.S. /ˌɛn(t)əroʊəˈpɪpləˌsil/ Surgery. Now historical and rare.
A hernia containing intestine and omentum; the condition of having such a hernia.
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enterocele1563
enteroepiplocele1563
hydrenterocele1706
epiplocele1721
ischiocele1847
Richter's hernia1886
omentocele1890
1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. f. 27v And Enteroepiplocele foloweth whan as bothe Omentum and the intestines fall in scrotum, or purse of the testicles.
1678 J. Browne Compl. Treat. Preternatural Tumours 52 Epiplocele, when the Omentum falleth into the Scrotum; Enterocele, when there is an Intestinal Rupture; Enterepiplocele, when there happens a Hernia of both.
1756 P. Pott Treat. Ruptures x. 172 M. La Peyronie has related an extraordinary case of an entero-epiplocele, in which all the symptoms continued after a successful reduction of the parts by the hand.
1877 Amer. Practitioner 15 142 In two (enteroëpiploceles), the protruding omentum was gangrenous, the intestine not.
1916 Med. Summary 38 112/2 The para-peritoneal form [of vesical hernia]..is frequently due to a continuous pull and traction exerted by the sac of an existing enterocele, epiplocele or enteroepiplocele upon the peritoneal covering of the urinary bladder.
1998 R. Stoppa et al. Hernia Healers 11 If the hernia sac contained bowel it was called enterocele; epiplocele if only omentum was present, enteroepiplocele if both bowel and omentum were found.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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