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Hysterocele


HYS'TEROCELE, noun [Gr. the womb, and a tumor.] A species of hernia, caused by a displacement of the womb. A rupture containing the uterus.

HYS'TERON PROT'ERON, noun [Gr. last, and first.] A rhetorical figure, when that is said last which was done first.