CYSTOCELE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cystocele mean? 

• CYSTOCELE (noun)
  The noun CYSTOCELE has 1 sense:

1. hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth

  Familiarity information: CYSTOCELE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYSTOCELE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

colpocystocele; cystocele

Hypernyms ("cystocele" is a kind of...):

colpocele; vaginocele (hernia projecting into the vagina)