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

Soft sores are often complicated by phimosis and balanitis, and they frequently lead to infection of the glands in the groin.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

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.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles

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.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles

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

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles

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

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles