hydrocele
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of hydrocele
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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
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
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
Might not the foxglove be serviceable in hydrocephalus internus, in hydrocele, and in white swellings of the joints?
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Accordingly hernia, with Gilbert, includes not only scrotal hernia, but also hydrocele, orchitis, tumors of the testicles, etc.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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