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Hydrocele vs Hydrocoele - What's the difference?

hydrocele | hydrocoele |

As nouns the difference between hydrocele and hydrocoele

is that hydrocele is an abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle while hydrocoele is (chiefly|british|hypercorrect).

hydrocele

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the membranes around a testicle.
  • * 2003 , Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004), page 205:
    • For while he refers to his gout (a good disease), he does not mention the complaint which indirectly killed him, his hydrocele – an enlargement of the scrotum.

    hydrocoele

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • (chiefly, British, hypercorrect)