Meanings
plural hypospadiases
- countableuncountableanatomyA congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.
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.
2016 July 2, Jenny Kleeman, The Guardian1 more example
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).
1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekὑποσπαδίᾱς“one who has the orifice of the urethra too low”
- Englishhypospadias
From Ancient Greek ὑποσπαδίᾱς (hupospadíās, “one who has the orifice of the urethra too low”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan hipospàdies
- hipospàdiesbirth defect of the male urethra
Finnish hypospadia
- hypospadiabirth defect of the male urethra
Greek υποσπαδίας
- υποσπαδίας (ypospadías)birth defect of the male urethra
Indonesian hipospadia
- hipospadiabirth defect of the male urethra
Irish hipeaspáidias
- hipeaspáidiasbirth defect of the male urethra
Italian ipospadia
- ipospadiabirth defect of the male urethra
Polish spodziectwo
- spodziectwobirth defect of the male urethra
Spanish hipospadias
- hipospadiasbirth defect of the male urethra
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hypospadias
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