corditis

Thân thiện

A doctor examines a patient for signs of corditis.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Inflammation of the spermatic cord: "Corditis" is a medical term referring to the inflammation of the spermatic cord, a structure in the male reproductive system that contains the vas deferens, blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatic vessels.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The patient was diagnosed with corditis after experiencing severe scrotal pain.
  • Acute corditis can be a complication following certain surgical procedures.

Advanced Usage

• "Traumatic corditis": inflammation of the spermatic cord resulting from physical injury.
  • The athlete developed traumatic corditis after a direct impact to the groin area.

Variants and Related Words

• Funiculitis (n): A synonym for "corditis," also meaning inflammation of the spermatic cord.
  • Funiculitis is often used interchangeably with corditis in medical literature.

Synonyms

• Spermatic cord inflammation: The descriptive phrase for the condition.
• Funiculitis: The direct medical synonym.

Related Phrases

• "Inflammation of the cord": A less technical way to refer to the condition, though "cord" alone is ambiguous without context.

Học thuật

Noun

1. inflammation of the spermatic cord