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A condition characterized by the dilated tortuous veins of the SPERMATIC CORD with a marked left-sided predominance. Adverse effect on male fertility occurs when varicocele leads to an increased scrotal (and testicular) temperature and reduced testicular volume.
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- Varicoceles
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Varicocele. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014646. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014646
- Varicocele. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicocele
- Varicocele. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549229