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Webster 1913 Edition
Varicocele
Var′i-co-cele
,Noun.
[
Varix
a dilated vein + Gr. [GREEK] tumor: cf. F. varicocèle
.] (Med.)
A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum.
Webster 1828 Edition
Varicocele
VAR'ICOCELE
,Noun.
In surgery, a varicous enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; or more generally, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum.
Definition 2024
varicocele
varicocele
English
Noun
varicocele (countable and uncountable, plural varicoceles)
- (medicine, andrology) Varicose veins in the area of the scrotum.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 80:
- He had a way of focusing his whole self's concentration very narrowly, adjusting his legs' spread for the varicoceles and curling one arm over the other […].
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 80:
Translations
varicose veins in the area of the scrotum
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Portuguese
Noun
varicocele f (plural varicoceles)
- (medicine, andrology) varicocele (varicose veins in the area of the scrotum)