varicocele

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English

Etymology

From Latin varix (“varicose vein”) +‎ -cele.

Pronunciation

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Noun

varicocele (countable and uncountable, plural varicoceles)

  1. (medicine, andrology) Varicose veins in the area of the scrotum.
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 80:
      He had a way of focusing his whole self's concentration very narrowly, adjusting his legs' spread for the varicoceles and curling one arm over the other […]

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

varicocele f (plural varicoceles)

  1. (medicine, andrology) varicocele (varicose veins in the area of the scrotum)
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