hydrocele
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editEtymology
editFrom French hydrocèle or Latin hydrocēlē, from Ancient Greek ὑδροκήλη (hudrokḗlē), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour”).
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edithydrocele (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, published 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.
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