Meanings
nounvaricocele (countable and uncountable, plural varicoceles)
plural varicoceles
- countableuncountableandrologyVaricose veins in the area of the scrotum.
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 […]
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 80
Origin
Translations
Finnish kiveskohjut
- kiveskohjutvaricose veins in the area of the scrotum
Italian varicocele
- varicocelevaricose veins in the area of the scrotum
Persian واریکوسل
- واریکوسل (vârikosel)varicose veins in the area of the scrotum
Portuguese varicocele
- varicocelevaricose veins in the area of the scrotum
Vietnamese sa đì
- sa đìvaricose veins in the area of the scrotum
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APA
varicocele. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varicocele
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“varicocele.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varicocele. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “varicocele,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varicocele.
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