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orchiditis

orchiditis is the alternative form of orchitis.

Meaning of orchitis

Noun

orchitis (countable and uncountable, plural orchitides or orchitises)

  1. A painful inflammation of one or both testes.
    • It has been well studied, however, and helps to understand the evolution of other orchitises (197).2004, Stephen S. Sternberg, Stacey E. Mills, Darryl Carter, Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 2154
    Synonyms:
    didymitis

Questions about orchiditis

What is orchiditis the alternative form of?
Orchiditis is the alternative form of orchitis.

Words near orchiditis in the dictionary

  1. orchideology
  2. orchideous
  3. orchides
  4. orchidist
  5. orchidists
  6. orchiditis
  7. orchidlike
  8. orchidoid
  9. orchidoids
  10. orchidological
  11. orchidologist

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