A hernia or swelling caused by the protrusion of fatty tissue through a weakened part of the body.
From Latin 'adeps' (fat) and Greek 'kele' (hernia). The term combines the medical root for fatty tissue with the condition of herniation, used in medical terminology since the 19th century.
This word perfectly shows how medical language creates incredibly specific terms—doctors needed a way to distinguish between different types of hernias, so they built one from Latin and Greek roots like molecular LEGO blocks to describe exactly what's happening.
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