hydrocele

[ hahy-druh-seel ]

nounPathology.

an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.

Origin of hydrocele

1590–1600; <Latin <Greek hydrokḗlē.See hydro-¹, -cele¹

Words Nearby hydrocele

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How to use hydrocele in a sentence

Collect ascitic, pleuritic, or hydrocele fluid in sterile flasks and allow to stand in the ice-chest for twelve hours to sediment.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry Eyre
Various substances may be injected; or the hydrocele is incised, the tunica partly removed and the cavity drained.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1 | Various
The peritoneum of hydrocele and hernial sacs and of the omentum readily lends itself to transplantation.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
His second paper was on hydrocele; in this he advocated the operation by incision and removal of the sac.
Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky | David W. Yandell
In a second paper, in the next number of this volume, he gives an original and successful operation for hydrocele.
The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University | Robert Peter

British Dictionary definitions for hydrocele

hydrocele

/ (ˈhaɪdrəʊˌsiːl) /

noun

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

Origin of hydrocele

C16: from hydro- + -cele

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