hypospadias

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhʌɪ.pəʊˈspeɪ.di.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pəˈspeɪ.di.əs/
• Rhymes: -eɪdiəs

hypospadias (countable and uncountable, plural hypospadiases)

1. (anatomy) A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     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).

   • 2016 July 2, Jenny Kleeman, The Guardian:

     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.

• epispadias

• “hypospadias”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “hypospadias”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.pos.pa.djas/

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hypospadias m (plural hypospadias)

1. hypospadias
   • 1841, Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique, page 870:

     Dans la cure des hypospadias péno-scrotaux, scrotaux et périnéaux, il convient donc de recourir à d’autres opérations.

     In treating penoscrotal, scrotal and perineal hypospadias, one ought therefore to use other operations.

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