hydrocele
(hī′drŏ-sēl″)

[hydro- + -cele]
The accumulation of serous fluid in a saclike cavity, esp. in the tunica vaginalis testis. It may be caused by infection or trauma.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Hydrocele." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734180/4/hydrocele.
Hydrocele. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734180/4/hydrocele. Accessed April 3, 2025.
Hydrocele. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734180/4/hydrocele
Hydrocele [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734180/4/hydrocele.
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