Crossword clues for hydrocele
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 testicle.
Wiktionary
n. An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.
WordNet
n. disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum)
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 of peritoneum wrapped around the testicle, called the tunica vaginalis. Provided there is no hernia present, hydrocoeles below the age of 1 year usually resolve spontaneously. Primary hydrocoeles may develop in adulthood, particularly in the elderly and in hot countries, by slow accumulation of serous fluid, presumably caused by impaired reabsorption, which appears to be the explanation for most primary hydroceles, although the reason remains obscure. A hydrocele can also be the result of a plugged inguinal lymphatic system caused by repeated, chronic infection of Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi, two mosquito-borne parasites of Africa and Southeast Asia, respectively. As such, the condition would be a part of more diffuse sequelae commonly referred to as elephantiasis, which also affects the lymphatic system in other parts of the body.
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.