Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VAR-I-CO-CELE', n. [L. varix, a dilated vein, and Gr. κηλη, a tumor. A bad term, being part Greek and part Latin. Cirsocele is the correct term, and is that which is much the most commonly used.]

In surgery, a varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; or more rarely a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum. – Cyc.