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hydrocoele

hydrocoele is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of hydrocoele

pluralhydrocoeles

Origin of hydrocoele

Hypercorrect spelling of hydrocele, from Latin hydrocele, from Greek ὑδροκήλη, from ὑδρο- ‘water’ + κήλη ‘tumour’.

Questions about hydrocoele

What is hydrocoele the alternative spelling of?
Hydrocoele is the alternative spelling of hydrocele.

Words near hydrocoele in the dictionary

  1. hydrocode
  2. hydrocodes
  3. hydrocodone
  4. hydrocodones
  5. hydrocoel
  6. hydrocoele
  7. hydrocoelectomies
  8. hydrocoelectomy
  9. hydrocoeles
  10. hydrocoels
  11. hydrocolloid

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