Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An arrest of development of the male generative organs, the urethra being more or less extensively open along its under side. Also
hypospadias .
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Examples
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In humans, phthalate exposure has been associated with a higher risk of an abnormality of the penis called a hypospadia, in which the opening of the urethra is located in the wrong place.
Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010
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The meatus was actually almost as if hypospadia, in that it was far down the shaft of the penis which was located where the clitoris usually is.
Transcending Gender Mother Jones RN 2006
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They found four sons of female Gulf War veterans with a condition known as hypospadia, making children in that group about six times more likely to be born with the defect.
Medpundit 2003
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They found four sons of female Gulf War veterans with a condition known as hypospadia, making children in that group about six times more likely to be born with the defect.
Archive 2003-06-01 2003
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The reverse of hypospadia, in which the penis is split open below, is seen in epispadia, in which the urethra is open above.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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There appears to be more hypospadia now, and more cases of undescended testicles, but is just that doctors are more meticulous about recording cases?
Nicholas D. Kristof 2009
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The urethra (urine duct) in the male may open at the base of the penis instead of at the end, a condition known as hypospadia.
Modern Mechanix 2008
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