Path. Erron. circo-. [ad. Gr. κιρσοκήλη, f. κιρσό-ς enlargement of a vein + κήλη tumor; F. cirsocèle.] See quot. 1783.
1708. Phillips, Circocele, a Swelling of the Seed-vessels in the Scrotum.
1783. Pott, Chirurg. Wks., II. 423. The cirsocele is a varicose distention and enlargement of the spermatic vein.
1811. Hooper, Med. Dict., Circocele.
1881. Syd. Soc. Lex., Cirsocele … also a synonym of Varicocele.
