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mucocele
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mucocele, n. [Mucus + Gr. kh`lh tumor.].
An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
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