BUBONOCELE | • bubonocele n. (Medicine) An inguinal hernia, especially of the incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends… • BUBONOCELE n. an inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo. |
CEPHALOCELE | • cephalocele n. (Medicine) encephalocele. • CEPHALOCELE n. the protrusion of the membranes of the brain through a hole in the skull. |
CYSTOCELE | • cystocele n. (Medicine) Hernial intrusion of the bladder into the vagina, resulting from tearing of the pubocervical… • CYSTOCELE n. a hernia of the bladder. |
ENCEPHALOCELE | • encephalocele n. (Medicine) A form of hernia of the brain and its membranes through an opening in the skull. • ENCEPHALOCELE n. a protrusion of a portion of the brain through the skull, where the bones are incomplete in infancy. |
ENTEROCELE | • enterocele n. (Pathology) An intestinal hernia. • ENTEROCELE n. a hernial tumor whose contents are intestine. |
HAEMATOCELE | • haematocele n. (British spelling, medicine) Alternative spelling of hematocele. • HAEMATOCELE n. a cavity containing blood, also HEMATOCELE. |
HEMATOCELE | • hematocele n. (Pathology) A swelling caused by the collection of blood in a cavity, especially of the membrane covering a testicle. • HEMATOCELE n. a cavity containing blood, also HAEMATOCELE. |
HYDROCELE | • hydrocele n. An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle. • HYDROCELE n. an abnormal collection of fluid in any saclike space, esp. around the testicles. |
MENINGOCELE | • meningocele n. (Pathology) A form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull. • MENINGOCELE n. protrusion of the meninges through the skull. |
RECTOCELE | • rectocele n. (Pathology) A hernia of the rectum into the vagina. • RECTOCELE n. the herniation of the rectum into the vagina. |
SPERMATOCELE | • spermatocele n. A retention cyst of a tubule of the rete testis or the head of the epididymis distended with barely… • SPERMATOCELE n. a cystic swelling of the testicle arising from the epididymis and containing sperm. |
SPLANCHNOCELE | • splanchnocele n. A visceral cavity. • SPLANCHNOCELE n. a hernia of any of the abdominal viscera. |
STEATOCELE | • STEATOCELE n. a fatty tumour in the scrotum. |
VARICOCELE | • varicocele n. (Medicine, andrology) Varicose veins in the area of the scrotum. • VARICOCELE n. a varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum. |