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orchitis
(or|chi¦tis)
Pronunciation:
/ɔːˈkʌɪtɪs/
noun
[
mass noun
]
Medicine
inflammation of one or both of the testicles.
Origin:
late 18th century
: modern Latin
, from Greek
orkhis
'testicle'
+
-itis
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