Orchitis Definition

ôr-kītĭs
noun
Inflammation of one or both of the testes, often occurring as a result of mumps or other infection, trauma, or metastasis.
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Other Word Forms of Orchitis

Noun

Singular:
orchitis
Plural:
orchitides

Origin of Orchitis

  • orchi- (“testicular") +"Ž -itis (“inflammation"), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (orkhis, “testicle, ovary, orchid") (English orchid), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erǵʰi-.

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek orkhis testicle –itis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Orchitis Sentence Examples

  • Girls occasionally suffer an inflammation of the ovaries (oophoritis) as a complication of mumps, but this condition is far less painful than orchitis in boys.

  • About one-fourth of all post-pubertal males who contract mumps can develop a swelling of the scrotum (orchitis) about seven days after the parotitis stage.

  • For example, if orchitis occurs, a physician should be called.

  • The childhood disease mumps, if acquired after puberty, can infect and destroy the testicles-a disease called viral orchitis.

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