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hydrocele

/ˈhaɪdɹəsiːl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
hy-dro-cele
IPA
/ˈhaɪdɹəsiːl/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French hydrocèle or Latin hydrocēlē, from Ancient Greek ὑδροκήλη (hudrokḗlē), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hydrocèle, hydrocēlē, ὑδροκήλη

Inflected Forms

hydroceles (plural)

Derived Forms

hydrocelectomy

Questions

How do you pronounce hydrocele?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhaɪdɹəsiːl/.
What does hydrocele mean?
An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.
Where does hydrocele come from?
It is traced to French.

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