mucocele

English

Etymology

muco- + -cele

Noun

mucocele (plural mucoceles)

  1. (medicine) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or edema of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.[1]

References

  1. 1839, Robley Dunglison, “MUCOCELE”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, [], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
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