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Webster 1913 Edition


Mucocele

Mu′co-cele

,
Noun.
[
Mucus
+ Gr.
κήλη
tumor.]
(Med.)
An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.
Dunglison.