haematocoele

Questions about haematocoele

What does haematocoele mean?

haematocoele means "swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis)".

How many syllables are in haematocoele?

haematocoele has 7 syllables and divides as ha-e-ma-to-co-e-le under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for haematocoele?

Close synonyms include hematocele, haematocele, hematocoele. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is haematocoele a common word?

haematocoele is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.