prostatitis

[pros-tuh-tahy-tis]

noun

Pathology.

1. inflammation of the prostate gland.

prostatitis

/ ˌprɒstəˈtaɪtɪs /

noun

1. inflammation of the prostate gland

Word History and Origins

Origin of prostatitis¹

prostate + -itis

Example Sentences

Though Mr. Pu is suffering from prostatitis, no one is allowed to give him medicine, Mr. Shang said.

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The study included 27 men, age 21 and older, who had prostatitis and moderate to severe gum disease.

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He got treated for prostatitis, an inflammation of the prostate, but was not getting better.

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If it had happened to a human male I would have thought it was prostatitis.

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“Almost to a man, they called it chronic prostatitis.”

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