Hydrocele Definition

hīdrə-sēl
noun
A collection of watery fluid in a cavity of the body, esp. in the scrotum or along the spermatic cord.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hydrocele

Noun

Singular:
hydrocele
Plural:
hydroceles

Origin of Hydrocele

  • Latin hydrocēlē from Greek hudrokēlē hudro- hydro- kēlē tumor –cele1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French hydrocèle or Latin hydrocele, from Greek ὑδροκήλη, from ὑδρο- ‘water’ + κήλη ‘tumour’.

    From Wiktionary

Hydrocele Sentence Examples

  • High inguinal orchiectomy was performed as the preoperative aspiration cytology of the hydrocele fluid showed atypical cells.

  • However, in the case of testicular tumors, a small secondary hydrocele is present in one third of cases.

  • Transillumination allows the detection of fluid extending from a large hydrocele into the inguinal canal.

  • Returning to London early in November, he found it necessary to consult his physicians for a symptom which, neglected since 1761, had gradually become complicated with hydrocele, and was now imperatively demanding surgical aid; but the painful operations which had to be performed did not interfere with his customary cheerfulness, nor did they prevent him from paying a Christmas visit to Sheffield Place.

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