spermatocele

1. 1.

   a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa

   Broaderswelling

Other forms of spermatocele

plural

spermatoceles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spermatocele

What does spermatocele mean?

spermatocele means "a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa".

How many syllables are in spermatocele?

spermatocele has 5 syllables and divides as sper-ma-to-ce-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.