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haematocele

haematocele is the alternative spelling of hematocele.

Meaning of hematocele

Noun

hematocele (plural hematoceles)

  1. A swelling caused by the collection of blood in a cavity, especially of the membrane covering a testicle.

Forms of haematocele

pluralhaematoceles

Origin of haematocele

From haemato- + -cele.

Words formed from haematocele

Questions about haematocele

What is haematocele the alternative spelling of?
Haematocele is the alternative spelling of hematocele.

Words near haematocele in the dictionary

  1. haemato-
  2. haematobium
  3. haematoblast
  4. haematoblastic
  5. haematoblasts
  6. haematocele
  7. haematoceles
  8. haematochemical
  9. haematochemistry
  10. haematochezia
  11. haematochromatosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haematocele (page history and authors); hematocele (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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