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

Phimosis and the consequent balanitis lead to cancer of the penis....

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

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.

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

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