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ORCHITIS

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 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 swellingplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ORCHITIS (noun)


Sense 1

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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