Word Meanings - HYDROCELE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle.

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• SPERMATIC
  Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying
• SPERMATICAL
  Spermatic.
• INVESTIGATION
  The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge,
• AREOLAR
  Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolæ. reolar tissue , a form of fibrous connective tissue in which the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous spaces, or areolæ, between them.
• INVESTIGATIVE
  Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
• INVESTIENT
  Covering; clothing. Woodward.
• INVESTITURE
  Livery of seizin. The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony oinvestiture, or open delivery of possession. Blackstone. 3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. While we yet have on Our gross
• FLUID
  Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.
• FLUIDAL
  Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion. Fluidal structure , the structure characteristic of certain volcanic rocks in which the arrangement of the minute crystals shows the lines of flow of thew molten material before solidification; --
• FLUIDRACHM
  See S
• DROPSY
  An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Dunglison. (more info) idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. Water, and cf.
• INVEST
  To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. 7. To lay out in business with the as, to invest money in bank stock. (more info) 1. To
• TESTICLE
  One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen. (more info) probably the same word as testis a witness, as being a witness to
• INVESTMENT
  The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. Marshall. 4. The laying out of money in the
• TEXTURE
  A tissue. See Tissue. (more info) 1. The act or art of weaving. Sir T. Browne. 2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. Milton. Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. Thomson. 3. The disposition
• SEROUS
  Thin; watery; like serum; as the serous fluids. Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See Serum. Serous membrane. See under Membrane.
• FLUIDITY
  The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, aëriform. or gaseous state; -- opposed to solidity. It was this want of organization, this looseness and fluidity of the new movement, that made it penetrate through every class
• ESPECIALLY
  In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
• FLUIDIZE
  To render fluid.
• SCROTUM
  The bag or pouch which contains the testicles; the cod.
• ANSEROUS
  Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith.
• REINVESTMENT
  The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
• REINVEST
  To invest again or anew.
• PRETEXTURE
  A pretext.
• MISRECOLLECTION
  Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.
• SUPERINVESTITURE
  An outer vestment or garment. Bp. Horne.
• RECOLLECTION
  1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance. 2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which
• PASTEUR'S FLUID
  An artificial nutrient fluid invented by Pasteur for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast,