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Definition of Eventration
1. Noun. Protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall.
Definition of Eventration
1. n. A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.
Definition of Eventration
1. Noun. (medicine) A tumour containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, caused by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) A large wound in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude. ¹
3. Noun. The act af disembowelling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Eventration
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Eventration
Literary usage of Eventration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1920)
"eventration OF THE DIAPHRAGM WITH REPORT OF A CASE' BY ELMER H. FUNK, ...
In eventration there is simply a thinning or relaxation of the diaphragm, ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1847)
"A. Monstrosity not involving the thoracic region. 1. Lateral or median eventration
occupying principally the lower portion of the ..."
3. Surgery of the Upper Abdomen by John Blair Deaver, Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst (1921)
"eventration of the Diaphragm. Skiagram, Anterior View, with Patient Prone: A,
Heart Shadow in Right Thoracic Cavity; B. Left Half of Diaphragm Rising to the ..."
4. Diseases of the stomach, intestines, and pancreas by Robert Coleman Kemp (1917)
"eventration OF THE DIAPHRAGM. VOLVULUS OF THE STOMACH Diaphragmatic Hernia.
With this condition, the stomach and colon are most frequently involved though ..."
5. On the signs and diseases of pregnancy by Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1868)
"Hernia differs from eventration of the uterus in this respect; that whereas in
the former case the womb passes through the inguinal or crural opening, ..."
6. A Text-book of Obstetrics: Including the Pathology and Therapeutics of the by Franz Winckel (1890)
"CHAPTER V. The Extraction of the Head, Reduced in Size, after Perforation,
Decapitation and eventration, with the Cranioclast, Cranial Forceps and Hook. i. ..."
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