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Webster 1913 Edition
Hydrocele
Hyˊdro-cele
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
ὕδωρ
water + [GREEK] tumor.] (Med.)
A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hydrocele
HY'DROCELE
,Noun.
A dropsy of the scrotum.
Definition 2024
hydrocele
hydrocele
English
Noun
hydrocele (plural hydroceles)
- An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.
- 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004), page 205:
- For while he refers to his gout (a good disease), he does not mention the complaint which indirectly killed him, his hydrocele – an enlargement of the scrotum.
- 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004), page 205: