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

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