See also:

• HAEMATOCELE (Gr. aiya, blood, and rd7X17, tumour)

HAEMATOCELE (Gr. aiya, See also:

• BLOOD

blood, and rd7X17, See also:

• TUMOUR (Lat. tumor, a swelling)

tumour)  , the medical See also:

• TERM

term for a localized collection of See also:

• BLOOD

blood in the tunica vaginalis or See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord . It is usually the result of a sudden See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow or severe See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain, but may arise from disease . At first it forms a smooth, fluctuating, opaque swelling, but later becomes hard and See also:

• FIRM

firm . In chronic cases the walls of the tunica vaginalis undergo changes . The treatment of a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case seen soon after the injury is directed towards keeping the patient at See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, elevating the parts, and applying an evaporating lotion or See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice-bag . In chronic cases it may be necessary to See also:

• LAY

lay open the cavity and remove the coagulum .