hypospadias
noun/ˌhʌɪ.pəʊˈspeɪ.di.əs/UK/ˌhaɪ.pəˈspeɪ.di.əs/US
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑποσπαδίᾱς (hupospadíās, “one who has the orifice of the urethra too low”).
- derived from ὑποσπαδίᾱς
Definitions
A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside…
A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.
- This condition, hypospadias, may be examined ad stuporem in the hundreds of photographs of Hugh Hampton Young's pioneering text, Genital Abnormalities, Hermaphroditism, and Related Adrenal Diseases (1937).
- At the same time, they corrected Jack’s hypospadias, a condition that meant his urethra opened at the base of his penis, moving it further up so he could pee more like a boy.
The neighborhood
- antonymepispadias
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hypospadias. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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