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balanitis

noun

med inflammation of the glans penis, usually due to infection

Word Origin for balanitis

from New Latin balanus, from Greek balanos acorn + -itis

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Examples from the Web for balanitis

Historical Examples of balanitis

There were no adhesions, but the inner fold of the prepuce had been thickened by balanitis.
History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present
Peter Charles Remondino
Soft sores are often complicated by phimosis and balanitis, and they frequently lead to infection of the glands in the groin.
Manual of Surgery
Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

balanitis in Medicine

balanitis

[băl′ə-nī′tĭs]

n.

Inflammation of the glans penis or glans clitoridis.

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