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or·chi·tis

 (ôr-kī′tĭs)
n.
Inflammation of one or both of the testes, often occurring as a result of mumps or other infection, trauma, or metastasis.

[Greek orkhis, testicle + -itis.]
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orchitis

(ɔːˈkaɪtɪs)
n
(Medicine) inflammation of one or both testicles
[C18: from New Latin, from Greek orkhis testicle + -itis]
orchitic adj
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Noun1.orchitis - inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling
inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
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Translations

or·chi·di·tis

, orchitis
n. orquiditis, orquitis, infl. de los testículos.
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orchitis

n orquitis f
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In at least 13 cases, illnesses were so severe as to require hospitalization, and 79 of the men developed orchitis -- a painful inflammation of the testicles that can cause infertility.
He has been using modern electronic gadget (Mobile phone) for the last five years and did not have any history of orchitis, STDs, psychological and endocrine disorders.
Brucella orchitis: a rare cause of testicular mass: report of a case.
Complications of mumps can include meningitis (in up to 15% of cases), orchitis and deafness.
Reproductive failure has reported to mean abortion, epididymitis, orchitis, and testicular atrophy.
and worse," Orchitis complains, referring to himself.
The differential diagnosis may include a strangulated hernia, orchitis, inguinal lymphadenitis and epidydimitis.
Complications from mumps were infrequent, with one report of meningitis and five reports of orchitis.
Its principal application is in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhoea and in treating genitor-urinary infections, orchitis (inflamed testicles), vaginitis, candida, inflamed Fallopian tubes, incontinence in the young and elderly, infections of the bladder, prostate, and kidneys, and an infallible cure for insomnia.
Although the majority of intratesticular masses are malignant, a probable diagnosis of various benign intratesticular mass lesions, including lipoma, tubular ectasia of the rete testis (TERT), epidermoid cyst, hematoma, segmental testicular infarction, fibrosis and granulomatous orchitis based on imaging findings may improve patient management and reduce the number of unnecessary radical surgical explorations.
Orchitis, an inflammation of the testicle, commonly caused by the mumps virus, though it can also be the feature of other viruses such as glandular fever.