What is "cystocele"

Cystocele \Cys"to*cele\ (-s?l), n. [Gr. ???? bladder + ??? tumor: cf. F. cystocele.] (Med.) Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

1811, from French cystocèle, from Greek kystis "bladder, pouch" + kele "tumor."

n. (context medicine English) hernial intrusion of the bladder into the vagina, resulting from tearing of the pubocervical fascia during childbirth and often accompanied by urethroceles.

n. hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth [syn: colpocystocele]

A cystocele is a medical condition that occurs when the tough fibrous wall between a woman's bladder and her vagina (the pubocervical fascia) is torn by childbirth, allowing the bladder to herniate into the vagina. Urethroceles often occur with cystoceles.