varicocele

English

Etymology

varico- +‎ -cele.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɹɪkə(ʊ)siːl/

Noun

varicocele (countable and uncountable, plural varicoceles)

1. (medicine, andrology) Varicose veins in the area of the scrotum.
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 80:

     He had a way of focusing his whole self's concentration very narrowly, adjusting his legs' spread for the varicoceles and curling one arm over the other […]

Translations

varicose veins in the area of the scrotum

• Finnish: kiveskohjut pl
• Persian: واریکوسل (vârikosel)
• Portuguese: varicocele f
• Vietnamese: sa đì (vi)

Italian

Etymology

From varice +‎ -cele, on the example of Ancient Greek κιρσοκήλη (kirsokḗlē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ri.koˈt͡ʃɛ.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛle
• Hyphenation: va‧ri‧co‧cè‧le

Noun

varicocele m (plural varicoceli)

1. (medicine) varicocele

Further reading

• varicocele in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾi.koˈsɛ.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾi.koˈsɛ.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾi.koˈsɛ.le/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɾi.kuˈsɛ.lɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɾi.kuˈsɛ.lɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ɾi.kuˈsɛ.lɨ/

• Hyphenation: va‧ri‧co‧ce‧le

Noun

varicocele f (plural varicoceles)

1. (medicine, andrology) varicocele (varicose veins in the area of the scrotum)