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hydrocele

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hy·dro·cele  (hdr-sl)
n.
A pathological accumulation of serous fluid in a bodily cavity, especially in the scrotal pouch.
[Latin hydrocl, from Greek hudrokl : hudro-, hydro- + kl, tumor; see -cele1.]
hydrocele [ˈhaɪdrəʊˌsiːl]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) an abnormal collection of fluid in any saclike space, esp around the testicles
[from hydro- + -cele]
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Noun1.hydrocele - disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum)
disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"


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1%) cases of congenital malformations in the study group, consisting of undescended testis (two), congenital hydrocele (three), and congenital inguinal hernia (one), and only one case (1.
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Risk factors placing a patient in a "high-risk group" for testicular cancer include a history of any one or more of the following: cryptorchidism (undescended testicle), orchiopexy (surgical correction of the undescended testicle), testicular atrophy (degeneration of the testicle), prior diagnosis of mumps, orchitis (inflammation of the testicle), inguinal hernia, hydrocele (fluid around the testicle), and previous testicular cancer (American Academy of Family Physicians, 1994).
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