hypospadias

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

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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.”

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