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Text File  |  1992-09-01  |  183b  |  6 lines
  1. Protrusion of part of an internal organ
  2. through a weakness in the surrounding
  3. muscular wall, usually in the groin or navel.
  4. The appearance is that of a rounded soft lump
  5. or swelling.
  6.