hydrocele
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hydrocele
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
HOLLAND, Sir H., necessity of inheritance. -on hereditary diseases. -hereditary peculiarity in the eyelid. -morbid uniformity in the same family. -transmission of hydrocele through the female. -inheritance of habits and tricks.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
Leigh mentions a hydrocele weighing 120 pounds, and there are records of hydroceles weighing 40 and 60 pounds.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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