"spermatocele" meaning in English

See spermatocele in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: spermatoceles [plural]
Etymology: From spermato- + -cele. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|spermato-|-cele}} spermato- + -cele Head templates: {{en-noun}} spermatocele (plural spermatoceles)
  1. A retention cyst of a tubule of the rete testis or the head of the epididymis distended with barely watery fluid that contains spermatozoa. Wikipedia link: spermatocele

Inflected forms

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