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hydrocele

/ˈhaɪdɹəsiːl/

hydrocele noun: an abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.

Noun

hydrocele (plural hydroceles)

  1. An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.
    • 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.2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 205

hydrocele meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Odia

hydrocele in Tamil

விரை வீக்க நோய், விரையில் நீர்க் கோர்வை, நீரண்டம், நீர்ம விரை வீக்கம், விரநீர்க்கட்டு

hydrocele in Telugu

hydrocele
కురండము kuraṇḍamu, బుడ్డ buḍḍa, గిలక gilaka

hydrocele in Kannada

ನೀರ್ದುಂಬಾವು

hydrocele in Odia

hydrocele
ବୃଦ୍ଧି bruddhi
More languagesFewer languages
hydrocele in Arabic
قِيلَة مَائِيَّة

Forms of hydrocele

pluralhydroceles

Origin of hydrocele

From French hydrocèle or Latin hydrocēlē, from Ancient Greek ὑδροκήλη (hudrokḗlē), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour”).

Words formed from hydrocele

Questions about hydrocele

What does hydrocele mean?
Hydrocele means an abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.
What is hydrocele in Tamil?
Hydrocele in Tamil is விரை வீக்க நோய், விரையில் நீர்க் கோர்வை, நீரண்டம். See Hydrocele meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydrocele?
Hydrocele is a noun.
How do you pronounce hydrocele?
Hydrocele is pronounced /ˈhaɪdɹəsiːl/.
What is the plural of hydrocele?
The plural of hydrocele is hydroceles.

Words near hydrocele in the dictionary

  1. hydrocars
  2. hydrocast
  3. hydrocasts
  4. hydrocauli
  5. hydrocaulus
  6. hydrocele
  7. hydrocelectomies
  8. hydrocelectomy
  9. hydroceles
  10. hydrocellulose
  11. hydrocelluloses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrocele (page history and authors); hydrocele (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కురండము (Telugu) (page history and authors); hydrocele (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ବୃଦ୍ଧି (Odia) (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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