hydrocele

[ hahy-druh-seel ]

/ ˈhaɪ drəˌsil /

an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.

Origin of hydrocele

1590–1600; < Latin < Greek hydrokḗlē. See hydro-¹, -cele¹

Various substances may be injected; or the hydrocele is incised, the tunica partly removed and the cavity drained.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1 |Various
The peritoneum of hydrocele and hernial sacs and of the omentum readily lends itself to transplantation.

Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
In a second paper, in the next number of this volume, he gives an original and successful operation for hydrocele.

The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University |Robert Peter
This however is not the case in respect to the dropsy of the ovarium, or in the hydrocele.

Zoonomia, Vol. II |Erasmus Darwin

His second paper was on hydrocele; in this he advocated the operation by incision and removal of the sac.

Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky |David W. Yandell

hydrocele

/ (ˈhaɪdrəʊˌsiːl) /

an abnormal collection of fluid in any saclike space, esp around the testicles

C16: from hydro- + -cele

hydrocele

[ hī′drə-sēl′ ]

A pathological accumulation of serous fluid in a bodily cavity, especially in the scrotal pouch.