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Inflammation of one or both testes
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orchitis
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Orchitis or orchiditis (from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις meaning "testicle"; same root as orchid ) is inflammation of the testes . It can also involve swelling, heavy pains and frequent infection, and is more rarely known as didymitis (as in epididymis ).
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n. (context medicine English) A painful inflammation of one or both testes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Orchitis \Or*chi"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a testicle + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the testicles.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling
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He asserted that Vitamin C in such large doses helps with the treatment of hepatitis, mumps, measles, polio, viral pneumonia, viral orchitis, herpes, and influenza.