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orchitises

orchitises 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 orchitises

What is orchitises the plural of?
Orchitises is the plural of orchitis.

Words near orchitises in the dictionary

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

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