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oesophagocele

oesophagocele noun: a hernia of the mucous membrane of the oesophagus through its walls.

Noun

oesophagocele (uncountable)

  1. A hernia of the mucous membrane of the oesophagus through its walls.

Origin of oesophagocele

From oesophago- + -cele.

Questions about oesophagocele

What does oesophagocele mean?
Oesophagocele means a hernia of the mucous membrane of the oesophagus through its walls.
What part of speech is oesophagocele?
Oesophagocele is a noun.

Words near oesophagocele in the dictionary

  1. oesophagitis
  2. oesophago-
  3. oesophago-diverticulostomies
  4. oesophago-diverticulostomy
  5. oesophagobronchial
  6. oesophagocele
  7. oesophagodiverticulostomies
  8. oesophagodiverticulostomy
  9. oesophagoduodenoscopies
  10. oesophagoduodenoscopy
  11. oesophagoduodenostomies

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