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English
Etymology
varico- + -cele.
Pronunciation
Noun
varicocele (countable and uncountable, plural varicoceles)
- (medicine, andrology) Varicose veins in the area of the scrotum.
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest , Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 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
varicose veins in the area of the scrotum
Italian
Etymology
From varice + -cele, on the example of Ancient Greek κιρσοκήλη (kirsokḗlē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.ri.koˈt͡ʃɛ.le/
- Rhymes: -ɛle
- Hyphenation: va‧ri‧co‧cè‧le
Noun
varicocele m (plural varicoceli)
- (medicine) varicocele
Further reading
- varicocele in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: va‧ri‧co‧ce‧le
Noun
varicocele f (plural varicoceles)
- (medicine, andrology) varicocele (varicose veins in the area of the scrotum)