Pneumatocele etymology

English

English word pneumatocele comes from English -cele, English pneumato- (Pneumat- + -o-.)

Etymology of pneumatocele

Detailed word origin of pneumatocele

Dictionary entry Language Definition
-cele English (en) (possibly, nonstandard) Alternative form of -coel (“cavity”) (medicine) A hernia.. (medicine) A tumour.
pneumato- English (en) Pneumat- + -o-.
pneumatocele English (en) (medicine) A gaseous swelling, especially within the scrotum.. (medicine) A hernia or air-filled cyst within the lung.

Words with the same origin as pneumatocele

Descendants of -cele

encephalocele omphalocele ureterocele