orchitis

(noun)

A painful inflammation of one or both testes.

Related Terms

  • prodromal symptoms
  • salivary gland
  • parotid gland

Examples of orchitis in the following topics:

  • Mumps

    • Painful inflammation of the testicles in mumps in known as orchitis.
    • In teenage males and men, complications from orchitis such as infertility or sub-fertility are rare, but present.
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