varicocele

varicocele

English

Etymology

varico- +‎ -cele.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɹɪkə(ʊ)siːl/

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

varicose veins in the area of the scrotum

Finnish: kiveskohjut pl Persian: واریکوسل‎ (vârikosel) Portuguese: varicocele f Vietnamese: sa đì (vi)

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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)

1. (medicine) varicocele

Further reading

• varicocele in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Noun

varicocele f (plural varicoceles)

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