Definition of "hydrocele" [hy•dro•cele]

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

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• ""I think there's something called a hydrocele," I said."
• "This kind of hydrocele is named congenital, owing to the circumstance that the natural process of obliteration, by which the peritonaeum becomes separated from the tunica vaginalis, has been, from some cause, arrested."
• "Kiddoo D, Bellah RD, Carr MC: Cross-fused ectopic multicystic dysplastic kidney with associated hydrocele."