orchitis

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Etymology

orchi- (“testicular”) +‎ -itis (“inflammation”), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle, ovary, orchid”) (English orchid), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erǵʰi-.

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orchitis (countable and uncountable, plural orchitides)

  1. (medicine) A painful inflammation of one or both testes.

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