pneumatocele Path.
(ˈpnjuːmətəʊsiːl, ˈnjuːm-)
[ad. Gr. πνευµατοκήλη a flatulent tumour, f. πνεῦµα (see pneumato-) + κήλη tumour. So F. pneumatocèle.]
A tumour or hernia containing air or gas.
| 1693 Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Pneumatocele, a windy Rupture, when the Skin of the Cods is distended with Wind. 1706 Phillips, Pneumatocele or Physocele. 1783 Pott Chirurg. Wks. II. 199 The spurious [herniæ] derive their names..from their supposed contents, as the pneumatocele, hæmatocele, and hydrocele. 1862 N. Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. 253 Case of..formation of a circumscribed Pneumatocele in the Neck. |