hypospadias
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὑποσπαδίᾱς (hupospadíās, “one who has the orifice of the urethra too low”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhʌɪ.pəʊˈspeɪ.di.əs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.pəˈspeɪ.di.əs/
- Rhymes: -eɪdiəs
Noun edit
hypospadias (countable and uncountable, plural hypospadiases)
- (anatomy) A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- This condition, hypospadias, may be examined ad stuporem in the hundreds of photographs of Hugh Hampton Young's pioneering text, Genital Abnormalities, Hermaphroditism, and Related Adrenal Diseases (1937).
- 2016 July 2, Jenny Kleeman, The Guardian:
- At the same time, they corrected Jack’s hypospadias, a condition that meant his urethra opened at the base of his penis, moving it further up so he could pee more like a boy.
Antonyms edit
Translations edit
birth defect of the male urethra
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References edit
- “hypospadias”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “hypospadias”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὑποσπαδίᾱς (hupospadíās, “one who has the orifice of the urethra too low”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hypospadias m (plural hypospadias)
- hypospadias
- 1841, Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique, page 870:
- Dans la cure des hypospadias péno-scrotaux, scrotaux et périnéaux, il convient donc de recourir à d’autres opérations.
- In treating penoscrotal, scrotal and perineal hypospadias, one ought therefore to use other operations.