irreducible
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Irreducible Rupture.—This is when the rupture cannot be returned into the abdominal cavity, and it is without any symptoms of strangulation.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
When at times the contents of the lump or sac cannot be pressed back into the body with the hands, it is known as a Temporarily Irreducible Rupture.
From Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured by Cluthe Rupture Institute
Irreducible, ir-re-dūs′i-bl, adj. that cannot be reduced or brought from one degree, form, or state to another: not to be reduced by manipulation, as a hernia, &c.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The foregoing condition sometimes becomes so bad that it is known as Permanently Irreducible.
From Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured by Cluthe Rupture Institute
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