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HEMATOCOELE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hematocoele mean?
• HEMATOCOELE (noun)
The noun HEMATOCOELE has 1 sense:
1. swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis)
Familiarity information: HEMATOCOELE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
haematocele; haematocoele; hematocele; hematocoele
Hypernyms ("hematocoele" is a kind of...):
lump; puffiness; swelling (an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement)
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