Ureterocele etymology

English

English word ureterocele comes from English -cele, English uretero- ((anatomy) ureter.)

Etymology of ureterocele

Detailed word origin of ureterocele

Dictionary entry Language Definition
-cele English (en) (possibly, nonstandard) Alternative form of -coel (“cavity”) (medicine) A hernia.. (medicine) A tumour.
uretero- English (en) (anatomy) ureter.
ureterocele English (en) (medicine) A congenital abnormality of the urinary bladder, in which the distal ureter balloons at its opening into the bladder, forming a pouch.

Words with the same origin as ureterocele

Descendants of -cele

encephalocele omphalocele pneumatocele