prostatitis

[ pros-tuh-tahy-tis ]

/ ˌprɒs təˈtaɪ tɪs /

noun Pathology.

inflammation of the prostate gland.

Nearby words

prostatic fluid, prostatic massage, prostatic sinus, prostatic utricle, prostatism, prostatitis, prostato-, prostatocystitis, prostatocystotomy, prostatodynia, prostatolith

Origin of prostatitis

prostate + -itis

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Examples from the Web for prostatitis

Prostatitis chronica causa est impotentiae et plerumque insanabilis est.
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British Dictionary definitions for prostatitis

prostatitis

/ (ˌprɒstəˈtaɪtɪs) /

noun

inflammation of the prostate gland

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Word Origin and History for prostatitis

prostatitis

1844, from prostate + -itis.

Medicine definitions for prostatitis

prostatitis

[ prŏs′tə-tī′tĭs ]

n.

Inflammation of the prostate gland.

Related formspros′ta•tit′ic (-tĭt′ĭk) adj.