hypospadias

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Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
22
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌhʌɪ.pəʊˈspeɪ.di.əs/
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/ˌhʌɪ.pəʊˈspeɪ.di.əs/ · /ˌhaɪ.pəˈspeɪ.di.əs/

Definition of hypospadias

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.
    “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).”
    “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.”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑποσπαδίᾱς (hupospadíās, “one who has the orifice of the urethra too low”).

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