liparocele Path.
(ˈlɪpərəʊsiːl)
[f. Gr. λιπαρό-ς oily + κήλη tumour.]
A fatty tumour of the scrotum (see quots.)
| 1830 Knox tr. Béclard's Anat. 90 At the exterior of the peritonæum, this tumour constitutes the adipose hernia or liparocele. 1844 Hoblyn Dict. Med., Liparocele, a species of sarcocele, in which the enclosed substance is fat. 1890 Billings Nat. Med. Dict., Liparocele, a circumscribed fatty tumour growing from subperitoneal connective tissue, and making its way through the abdominal walls, similating an abdominal hernia. |
Hence ˌliparoˈcelic a. (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855).