hydrocele feminae


hy·dro·cele fe·mi·nae

accumulation of serous fluid in the labia majora or in canal of Nuck. Synonym(s): Nuck hydrocele

hydrocele feminae

A cystlike sac of serous fluid in the labia majora or canal of Nuck. Synonym: hydrocele muliebrisSee also: hydrocele

Nuck,

Anton, Dutch anatomist, 1650-1692. canal of Nuck - a persistent processus vaginalis in the female.Nuck diverticulum - a peritoneal diverticulum in the embryonic lower anterior abdominal wall. Synonym(s): processus vaginalis of peritoneumNuck hydrocele - accumulation of serous fluid in the labium majus or in Nuck canal. Synonym(s): hydrocele feminae