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ORCHITIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does orchitis mean?

• ORCHITIS (noun)
The noun ORCHITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling

Familiarity information: ORCHITIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ORCHITIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("orchitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

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