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varicocele

UK/ˈvaɹɪkə(ʊ)siːl/US/ˈvɛɹəkoʊˌsil/

varicocele noun: varicose veins in the area of the scrotum.

Noun

varicocele (countable and uncountable, plural varicoceles)

  1. Varicose veins in the area of the scrotum.
    • He had a way of focusing his whole self's concentration very narrowly, adjusting his legs' spread for the varicoceles and curling one arm over the other […]1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 80

varicocele meaning in Tamil, Persian and Vietnamese

varicocele in Tamil

சுருள்சிரைப்பிதுக்கம், விந்துக் குழாய் சிரைச்சுருள்

varicocele in Persian

varicose veins in the area of the scrotum
واریکوسل vârikosel

varicocele in Vietnamese

varicose veins in the area of the scrotum
sa đì

Forms of varicocele

pluralvaricoceles

Origin of varicocele

From varico- + -cele.

Words formed from varicocele

Questions about varicocele

What does varicocele mean?
Varicocele means varicose veins in the area of the scrotum.
What is varicocele in Tamil?
Varicocele in Tamil is சுருள்சிரைப்பிதுக்கம், விந்துக் குழாய் சிரைச்சுருள். See Varicocele meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is varicocele?
Varicocele is a noun.
How do you pronounce varicocele?
Varicocele is pronounced /ˈvaɹɪkə(ʊ)siːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of varicocele?
The plural of varicocele is varicoceles.

Words near varicocele in the dictionary

  1. varicellovirus
  2. varicelloviruses
  3. varices
  4. variciform
  5. varico-
  6. varicocele
  7. varicocelectomies
  8. varicocelectomy
  9. varicoceles
  10. varicocelized
  11. varicocelogenesis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: varicocele (page history and authors); varicocele (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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