hydrocele

American  

[hahy-druh-seel] / ˈhaɪ drəˌsil /

noun

Pathology.

1. an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.

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hydrocele British  

/ ˈhaɪdrəʊˌsiːl /

noun

1. an abnormal collection of fluid in any saclike space, esp around the testicles

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Etymology

Origin of hydrocele

1590–1600; < Latin < Greek hydrokḗlē. See hydro- ¹, -cele ¹

Example Sentences

The man, who was not identified, was diagnosed with lymphatic filariasis, which caused a fluid-filled sac caused a hydrocele to form around his testicle that then began to calcify, according to LiveScience.

From Fox News • Jan. 14, 2020

A hydrocele typically forms in response to an infection or injury, but in this case, it was caused by lymphatic filariasis, which is caused by parasitic worms.

From Fox News • Jan. 14, 2020

While the authors did not say how they treated this man, patients with the parasitic infection may be given anti-filarial drugs, or even undergo surgery to address the infected hydrocele.

From Fox News • Jan. 14, 2020

It never went beyond the primary stage, and I have felt no ill effects from it, except that I have got a hydrocele in the right testicle.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Ellis, Havelock

There was a similar case of priapism which lasted for three weeks, and was associated with hydrocele in a man of forty-eight.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)