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Characterized by pain and swelling
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orchitis
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n. (context medicine English) A painful inflammation of one or both testes.
Wikipedia
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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 ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orchitis \Or*chi"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a testicle + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the testicles.
WordNet
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n. inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling
Usage examples of orchitis.
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.