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Definition of Hydrocele
1. Noun. Disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum).
Definition of Hydrocele
1. n. 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.
Definition of Hydrocele
1. Noun. An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydrocele
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hydrocele
1. An accumulation of serous fluid in a sac-like cavity adjacent the testicle, a swelling due to the accumulation of serous fluid in the tunica vaginalis of the testis or in the spermatic cord. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrocele
Literary usage of Hydrocele
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"The iodine was dangerous to the hernial sac and did not reach the hydrocele.
< )f the many operations for hydrocele, Genouville and Peraire consider tbe two ..."
2. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann, Henry Larned Keith Shaw, Linnæus Edford La Fétra, Luther Emmett Holt (1912)
"Common form of hydrocele testis. The tunica vaginalis propria is ... A hydrocele
communicans has developed, which is simultaneously the seat of a hernia. ..."
3. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1912)
"As they communicate with each other, they may alternately be filled or emptied.
(Bilocular hydrocele.) Fia. 38. a, ordinary picture of hydrocele ..."
4. The Science and art of surgery by John Eric Erichsen (1854)
"After tapping it usually happens that the hydrocele slowly forms again, ...
In tapping a hydrocele a few precautions are necessary, the principal being to ..."
5. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"In another class of cases, the serous fluid may be confined between the internal
and external rings, giving rise to the so-called diffused hydrocele of the ..."
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