oscheo-|ɒskiːəʊ|before a vowel osche-, combining form of Gr. ὄσχεον scrotum; in medical and surgical terms, as ˈoscheocele[Gr. κήλη tumour], tumour of the scrotum, scrotal hernia. ˈoscheolith[Gr. λίθος stone], a stony concretion formed in the scrotum (Mayne Expos.Lex. 1857). ˈoscheoplasty[Gr. πλαστός moulded], plastic operation for the restoration of the scrotum (Syd. Soc.Lex.); hence oscheoˈplastica. (Dunglison Med.Lex. 1842).1727–41Chambers Cycl., Oscheocele, in medicine, a kind of hernia, wherein the intestines or omentum descend into the scrotum.1878T. Bryant Pract.Surg. I. 674 When the oblique or direct [hernia] has passed into the scrotum it is called a ‘scrotal hernia’ or ‘oscheocele’.
oscheo-/ˈɒskɪəʊ/combining form.
ORIGIN: from Greekoskheon scrotum: see -o-.
Anatomy & Medicine. Of or pertaining to the scrotum.