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Meaning of hypospadias | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˌhʌɪ.pəʊˈspeɪ.di.əs/

Definitions

A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Ελληνικά υποσπαδίας
Español hipospadias
Suomi hypospadia
Français hypospadias
Bahasa Indonesia hipospadia
Italiano ipospadia
Polski spodziectwo

Examples

“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).”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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