See Also: vasovesiculectomy(medicine)

cimelia (iou) and vasovesiculectomy (medicine)


cimelia (iou)



cimelia noun pl. rare. M17.
[Late Latin, pl. of cimelium (church) treasure from Greek keimelion anything stored up as valuable.]
Treasures laid up in store.
cimeliarch noun (a) a storehouse (for treasures); (b) a treasurer: M17.

vasovesiculectomy (medicine)


vasovesiculectomy
<procedure> Excision of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles.

Origin: vaso-+ L. Vesicula, vesicle, + G. Ektome, excision