Definitions

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  • noun In pathology, inflammation of the glans penis.

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  • noun medicine inflammation of the glans penis

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  • noun inflammation of the head of the penis

Etymologies

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From Greek βάλανος (balanos, "acorn") + -itis

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Examples

  • It is normal for a boy's foreskin not to retract fully until he is older, and a small percentage of children will develop an inflammation of the foreskin called balanitis, said Dr. Edmond T.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Gravell, who worked as a volunteer for HM Coastguard and the RNLI, argued he had a skin disease called balanitis xerotica obliterans, which made sexual intercourse painful and led to him having no interest in pornography.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012

  • It is normal for a boy's foreskin not to retract fully until he is older, and a small percentage of children will develop an inflammation of the foreskin called balanitis, said Dr. Edmond T.

    NYT > Home Page By RONI CARYN RABIN 2011

  • The candida overgrowth may also lead to a penis infection which is referred to as "balanitis" which is an inflammation of the head of the penis.

    EzineArticles 2010

  • Before the onset of sexual activity, all that neonatal circumcision does is reduce the frequency of UTIs and balanitis.

    The Ethics of Neonatal Circumcision « Gender Across Borders 2009

  • And after seeing all the problems with uncircumcized males during my time working in Africa, (phimosis, paraphimosis, balanitis, cancer) one can see it has advantages, especially in dry climates where dust gets in tender areas ...

    Medpundit 2006

  • When a boy gets some trouble with his genital organs, such as phimosis, or balanitis or whatever it may be, he is at once taken to a physician, who institutes the necessary treatment.

    Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson

  • Physicians prescribe circumcision in certain cases, for instance, to guard against phimosis, balanitis, and other such evils; further,

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • Krafft-Ebing in excluding from the category of sexual paradoxy those cases in which sexual excitement is caused solely by peripheral inflammatory stimuli, balanitis (inflammation of the glans penis), threadworms, and the like.

    The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900

  • I have seen one case, also, in which balanitis, irritated by a forced march and the abuse of alcoholic stimulants, passed into gangrene, by which the greater part of the glans was destroyed.

    History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance Peter Charles Remondino 1886

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