mucocele

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English

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Etymology

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From muco- +‎ -cele.

Noun

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mucocele (plural mucoceles)

  1. (medicine) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or edema of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.[1]

References

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    1839, Robley Dunglison, “MUCOCELE”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, [], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC: