mucocele
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mucocele (plural mucoceles)
- (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
[edit]- ^ 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:
- “mucocele”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.