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URACHAL FISTULA

\jˈʊ͡əɹat͡ʃə͡l fˈɪstjʊlə], \jˈʊ‍əɹat‍ʃə‍l fˈɪstjʊlə], \j_ˈʊə_ɹ_a_tʃ_əl f_ˈɪ_s_t_j_ʊ_l_ə]\

Definitions of URACHAL FISTULA

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A f. at the umbilicus communicating with an open urachus. The term incomplete urachal f. has been applied to a distended state of the umbilicus due to accumulation of urine in the urachus, there being no external opening.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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