balanitis

British  

/ ˌbæləˈnaɪtɪs /

noun

1. med inflammation of the glans penis, usually due to infection

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Etymology

Origin of balanitis

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

Example Sentences

Besides simple balanitis ... there also result various indurations, which are proportionate in their degree to the length or time and intensity with which the inciting inflammatory conditions have existed.

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A similar enlargement is met with in the axilla in cases of chronic interstitial mastitis, and in the groin as a result of chronic irritation about the external genitals, such as balanitis.

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There were no adhesions, but the inner fold of the prepuce had been thickened by balanitis.

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Such is the condition which the parts present in cases of recent balanitis, and these are the inflammations and ulcerations that cause more or less extensive adhesions of the prepuce to the glans.

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On examination it was found that he had a narrow, long prepuce, a congenitally-contracted meatus, and was then suffering with a slight balanitis.

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