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Answer for the clue "Can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth ", 9 letters:
rectocele

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A rectocele results from a tear in the rectovaginal septum (which is normally a tough, fibrous, sheet-like divider between the rectum and vagina ). Rectal tissue bulges through this tear and into the vagina as a hernia. There are two main causes of this ...

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n. protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth [syn: proctocele ]

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n. (context pathology English) A hernia of the rectum into the vagina