mucocele Path.
(ˈmjuːkəʊsiːl)
[f. muco- + Gr. κήλη tumour.]
A mucous dilatation (a) of the lachrymal gland; (b) of the vermiform appendix.
| 1819 W. M{supc}Kenzie Ess. Dis. Excreting Parts of Lachrymal Organs Pref. 13 The term mucocele, by which the author has ventured to designate an important disease. 1870 Holmes' Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) III. 223 The tears passing into the sac will accumulate there, and together with the pent-up mucus, form a swelling termed mucocele. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 888 This cystic dilatation [of the appendix vermiformis] has been termed a ‘mucocele’ by Péré. |