释义 |
oscheo-|ɒskiːəʊ| before a vowel osche-, combining form of Gr. ὄσχεον scrotum; in medical and surgical terms, as ˈoscheocele [Gr. κήλη tumour], tumour of the scrotum, scrotal hernia. ˈoscheolith [Gr. λίθος stone], a stony concretion formed in the scrotum (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1857). ˈoscheoplasty [Gr. πλαστός moulded], plastic operation for the restoration of the scrotum (Syd. Soc. Lex.); hence oscheoˈplastic a. (Dunglison Med. Lex. 1842).
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Oscheocele, in medicine, a kind of hernia, wherein the intestines or omentum descend into the scrotum. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 674 When the oblique or direct [hernia] has passed into the scrotum it is called a ‘scrotal hernia’ or ‘oscheocele’. |