Path. Also 8 epiploocele. [ad. Gr. ἐπιπλοκήλη, f. ἐπίπλοον (see EPIPLOON) + κήλη rupture.] A hernia or rupture in which a portion of the omentum is protruded.
1721–1800. Bailey, Epiploocele.
1758. J. S., Le Dran’s Observ. Surg. (1771), Dict., Epiplocele.
1849–52. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 986/2. An epiplocele … might readily be mistaken for an additional testicle.
