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orchitides

orchitides is the plural 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 orchitides

What is orchitides the plural of?
Orchitides is the plural of orchitis.

Words near orchitides in the dictionary

  1. orchiotomy
  2. orchis
  3. orchises
  4. orchisses
  5. orchitic
  6. orchitides
  7. orchitis
  8. orchitises
  9. orchitogenic
  10. orchitogenicity
  11. Orchomenos

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