| GPWW | group practice without wall |
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| LWBS | leaving [hospital] without being seen |
| MSF | macrophage slowing factor; macrophage spreading factor; Medicins sans Frontieres [Doctors without Bo... |
| Q-TWIST | quality-adjusted time without symptoms of disease and subjective toxic effects of treatment |
| SCIWORA | spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality |
| Rokitansky's hernia | A separation of the muscular fibres of the bowel allowing protrusion of a sac of the mucous membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Cloquet's hernia | A femoral hernia perforating the aponeurosis of the pectineus and insinuating itself between this aponeurosis and the muscle, lying therefore behind the femoral vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete hernia | An indirect inguinal hernia in which the contents extend into the tunica vaginalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concealed hernia | A hernia not found on inspection or palpation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital hernia of the diaphragm | A condition present at birth where there is abnormal protrusion of abdominal contents upward through a defect in the diaphragm. This condition is treated as a surgical emergency due to interference with the infant's breathing. Smaller, less serious diaphragmatic hernias may also be seen in adults. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Cooper's hernia | A femoral hernia with two sacs, the first being in the femoral canal, and the second passing through a defect in the superficial fascia and appearing immediately beneath the skin. Synonym: bilocular femoral hernia, Hey's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crural hernia | <surgery> A common type of groin hernia which occurs most often in obese females. A groin mass (due to a loop of bowel) may be noted with coughing or straining. If the hernia becomes incarcerated (trapped) it may strangulate (cut off the blood supply) and become a life threatening surgical emergency. (27 Sep 1997) |
| posterior vaginal hernia | Downward displacement of Douglas' pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| properitoneal inguinal hernia | A complicated hernia having a double sac, one part in the inguinal canal, the other projecting from the internal inguinal ring in the subperitoneal tissues. Synonym: hernia en bissac, Kronlein's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hernia | <anatomy> The protrusion of a loop or knuckle of an organ or tissue through an abnormal opening. (05 May 1997) |
| hernia en bissac | A complicated hernia having a double sac, one part in the inguinal canal, the other projecting from the internal inguinal ring in the subperitoneal tissues. Synonym: hernia en bissac, Kronlein's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hernia, hiatal | Herniation of the lower oesophagus and/or portion of the stomach through the oesophageal hiatus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hernia, hiatus | Protrusion of the stomach up into the opening normally occupied by the oesophagus in the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the chest (thoracic) cavity from the abdomen. Hiatus in latin means an opening. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hernia knife | A slender bladed knife, with short cutting edge, for dividing the constricting tissues at the mouth of the hernial sac. Synonym: herniotome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hernia, obturator | Hernia through the obturator foramen. (12 Dec 1998) |