Epididymitis

/ˌɛpɪdˌɪdɪmˈaɪtɪs/

/ˌɛpɪdˌɪdɪmˈaɪɾɪs/

[noun]

Epididymitis

[NOUN]

painful inflammation of the epididymis

Examples

1. In boys, usually in adolescents and young men, mumps can infect the testicles and epididymis, and cause orchitis and epididymitis, respectively, most often on just one side.

2. My epididymitis was inflamed when I got a hernia from picked up Ret in an episode of GMM.

3. And then while this is happening, the spices are also toasting in the butter, they're getting so aromatic, you can smell the spermadic core, is that a little epididymitis I see?

4. Alright, as a quick review, mumps is very contagious and spreads through the air by respiratory droplets, and most classically infects the salivary parotid glands, causing them to become swollen, but can also cause meningitis, encephalitis, orchitis, and epididymitis.