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Answer for the clue "Disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum) ", 9 letters:
hydrocele

Word definitions for hydrocele in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A hydrocele (Br English: hydrocoele ) denotes a pathological accumulation of serous fluid in a body cavity . A hydrocele testis , the accumulation of fluids around a testicle , is fairly common. It is often caused by fluid secreted from a remnant piece ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hydrocele \Hy`dro*cele\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; "y`dwr water + ? tumor.] (Med.) A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum)

Usage examples of hydrocele.

We mention this case only because it is one among a very large number who have consulted us supposing that they were suffering from enlargement of the testicles, cancer, or some other morbid growth within the scrotum, when a slight examination has shown the affection to be hydrocele, a disease which is speedily cured by tapping, with a little after treatment.

There was a similar case of priapism which lasted for three weeks, and was associated with hydrocele in a man of forty-eight.

I was cured in a short time, after having the Hydrocele for eighteen years.

Hotel and Surgical Institute and undergone a painless operation for the cure of hydrocele and varicocele--which was performed to my entire satisfaction.

Leigh mentions a hydrocele weighing 120 pounds, and there are records of hydroceles weighing 40 and 60 pounds.

Mursinna describes a hydrocele which measured 27 inches in its longest and 17 in its transverse axis.

I take pleasure in recommending your place to any suffering from Hydrocele.

Fat believed that the information fired at him and progressively crammed into his head in successive waves had a holy origin and hence should be regarded as a form of scripture, even if it just applied to his son's undiagnosed right inguinal hernia which had popped the hydrocele and gone down into the scrotal sack.