En"ter*o*cele` (?), n. [Gr. ; an intestine + tumor, hernia.] Med.

A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.

 

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En"ter*o*cele` (?), n. [Gr. an intestine + a hollow.] Anat.

A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.

 

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