HYDROCELE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrocele mean? 

• HYDROCELE (noun)
  The noun HYDROCELE has 1 sense:

1. disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum)

  Familiarity information: HYDROCELE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROCELE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hydrocele" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

 Context examples 

Lymphatic filariasis is a mosquito-borne disease that often leaves its victims with disabling hydrocele (accumulation of fluid in the scrotum), lymphedema or elephantiasis after the infection has cleared.

(New portable device to gauge severity of elephantiasis, SciDev.Net)