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Groin
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ GROIN  id+ | WEAK GROUND or SILL and
               site susceptible to RUPTURE
  causing a see> HERNIA |
  vern> JUNCTION OF LOWER ABDOMEN or BELLY
        and UPPER THIGH
  med> LINE or AREA DIVIDING THE
       ABDOMEN from the THIGH
  old eng   GRUND  = FOUNDATION
  Icelandic GREIH    GROIN
  lat       INGUEN   GROIN or
            INGUINA  same
  sp        INGUE    as in
  eng       INGUINAL
  med> see> INGUINAL HERNIAS ARE COMMON
 
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