See Also: hedrocele(medicine)

wapiti (iou) and hedrocele (medicine)


wapiti (iou)



wapiti noun. E19.
[Shawnee wa:piti lit. 'white rump'.]
A large deer, Cervus canadensis, which resembles a large red deer and is sometimes considered to be a race of it, and which is native to western N. America. Also (N. Amer.) called elk.

hedrocele (medicine)


hedrocele
Prolapse of the intestine through the anus.

Origin: G. Hedra, a seat, the fundament, + kele, hernia