Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of one or both of the testes, often occurring as a result of mumps or other infection, trauma, or metastasis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of the testis. Also
orchiditis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the testicles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A painful
inflammation of one or bothtestes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Swollen testicles, a complication called orchitis, can lead to sterility, but much more rarely than once was believed.
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Swollen testicles, a complication called orchitis, can lead to sterility, but much more rarely than once was believed.
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Swollen testicles, a complication called orchitis, can lead to sterility, but much more rarely than once was believed.
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Swollen testicles, a complication called orchitis, can lead to sterility, but much more rarely than once was believed.
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Swollen testicles, a complication called orchitis, can lead to sterility, but much more rarely than once was believed.
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Swollen testicles, a complication called orchitis, can lead to sterility, but much more rarely than once was believed.
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Swollen testicles, a complication called orchitis, can lead to sterility, but much more rarely than once was believed.
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Swollen testicles, a complication called orchitis, can lead to sterility, but much more rarely than once was believed.
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Swollen testicles, a complication called orchitis, can lead to sterility, but much more rarely than once was believed.
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Swollen testicles, a complication called orchitis, can lead to sterility, but much more rarely than once was believed.
chained_bear commented on the word orchitis
"'Hoot,' said Graham, grinning still. 'Does the swelling affect the vocal cords?'
"'The back of my hand to the vocal cords,' said Stephen. 'Have you not heard of orchitis? Of the swelling of the cods that may follow mumps?'
"'Not I,' said Graham, his smile fading.
"'Nor had my messmates,' said Stephen, 'though the Dear knows it is one of the not unusual sequelae of cynanche parotidaea, and one of real consequence to men....'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 228
February 14, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word orchitis
"And to continue showing how little he fits into this brutal, enclosed atmosphere, Bloom gives a scientific lecture to the group, transfigured into Herr Professor Luitpold Blumenduft (although it's not exactly the scent of flowers that comes from his cigar), explaining to them all in graphic detail and expression, corpora cavernosa, etc., why hanged men have erections.
It's not orchitis, A said, perhaps remembering Mr. Flower."
The House of Ulysses by Julián Ríos, translated by Nick Caistor, p 168
December 26, 2010