hydrocele

[Lat., = Gr. hydrokēlē; pref. hydro- (1), and kēlē =a tumor.] Path.: A serous effusion, dropsy of the scrotum, consequent on inflammation. hy-dro-çě-phăl-ic, a . [Mod. Lat. hydroceph al(us); Eng. suff. ic .] Of, pertaining, or akin to hydrocephalus, hydrocephaloid (q. v.).