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orchitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A painful inflammation of one or both testes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

History

Etymology

From orchi- (“testicular”) + -itis (“inflammation”), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle, ovary, orchid”).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: възпаление на тестисите (vǎzpalenie na testisite) — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Catalan: orquitis — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Dutch: teelbalontsteking — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Esperanto: orkidito — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Finnish: kivestulehdus — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • French: orchite — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • German: Orchitis — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Malay: orkitis — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Malay: radang buah zakar — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Polish: zapalenie jąder — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Portuguese: orquite — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Russian: орхи́т (orxít) — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Russian: тести́т (testít) — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Russian: воспале́ние яи́чка (vospalénije jaíčka) — painful inflammation of one or both testes
  • Spanish: orquitis — painful inflammation of one or both testes