English Explanatory Dictionary

mucocele

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

mucocele mucoceles

Etymology

From muco- + -cele.

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