hydrocele

(hi'dro-sel; as a Latin word, hi-dro-se'le) [G. hydor, water, kele, hernia.] collection of serous fluid in a sacculated cavity; specifically, such a collection in the tunica vaginal is testis. cer'vical h., h. coll i, a, cyst formed by secretion into a persistent duct or fi ure of the neck. congen'ital h., a collection of fluid in the open tube leading from the abdominal cavity to the investing sac of the testis, funic'ular h., fluid in a portion of the tunica vaginal is shut off from both testis and abdominal cavity, h. coll'i, cervical h. h. fem'inae, an accumulation of serous fluid in the labiiun majus or in the canal of Nuck. h. mulie'bris, h. feminae. h. spina'lis, spina bifid a.