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hydroceles

hydroceles is the plural of hydrocele.

Meaning of hydrocele

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

Questions about hydroceles

What is hydroceles the plural of?
Hydroceles is the plural of hydrocele.

Words near hydroceles in the dictionary

  1. hydrocauli
  2. hydrocaulus
  3. hydrocele
  4. hydrocelectomies
  5. hydrocelectomy
  6. hydroceles
  7. hydrocellulose
  8. hydrocelluloses
  9. hydrocenid
  10. hydrocenids
  11. hydrocephali

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