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balanitis

/ ˌbæləˈnaɪtɪs /

noun

  1. med inflammation of the glans penis, usually due to infection
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of balanitis1

from New Latin balanus , from Greek balanos acorn + -itis
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Example Sentences

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.

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

I have seen one case, also, in which balanitis, irritated by a forced march and the abuse of alcoholic stimulants, passed into gangrene, by which the greater part of the glans was destroyed.

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

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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