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Webster 1913 Edition
Mucocele
Mu′co-cele
,Noun.
[
Mucus
+ Gr. κήλη
tumor.] (Med.)
An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.
Dunglison.
Definition 2024
mucocele
mucocele
English
Noun
mucocele (plural mucoceles)
- (medicine) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.
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