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Orchitis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A painful inflammation of one or both testes. countable, uncountable

    "It has been well studied, however, and helps to understand the evolution of other orchitises (197)."

  2. 2
    inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling wordnet

Etymology

From orchi- (“testicular”) + -itis (“inflammation”), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle, ovary, orchid”).

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