Definition of Prostatitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever.

Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor

Definition of Prostatitis

1. n. Inflammation of the prostate.

Definition of Prostatitis

1. Noun. (pathology) Inflammation of the prostrate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prostatitis

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Prostatitis

prostanoids
prostate
prostate cancer
prostate glands
prostate specific antigen
prostatectomies
prostatectomy
prostates
prostatic
prostatic adenocarcinoma
prostatic utricle
prostatism
prostatisms
prostatitides
prostatitis (current term)
prostatitises
prostatorrhoea
prostatotomies
prostatotomy
prosternum
prosthaphæreses
prosthaphæresis
prostheon
prostheses
prosthesis
prosthetic
prosthetic device
prosthetic group
prosthetically

Literary usage of Prostatitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1883)
"Aci'Ti: prostatitis may l>e due to violence from sounds, catheters, ... prostatitis owes its origin to the extension of the inflammation from the urethral ..."

2. Diseases of the Genito-urinary Organs and the Kidney by Robert Holmes Greene, Harlow Brooks (1907)
"ciated more or less with prostatitis, and with the methods at present at our command it is difficult to differentiate very closely between acute posterior ..."

3. Diseases of the Genito-urinary Organs and the Kidney by Robert Holmes Greene, Harlow Brooks (1908)
"ciated more or less with prostatitis, and with the methods at present at our command it is difficult to differentiate very closely between acute posterior ..."

4. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1918)
"On the other hand, the urine is not always cloudy with this subacute or chronic prostatitis. While it is probably rare to find gonococci in pros- tatic ..."

5. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"Acute prostatitis is very rare in these animals. Etiology. —prostatitis is produced by microbic invasion, either via the urinary tract, the blood or lymph ..."

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