orchitis
(noun)
A painful inflammation of one or both testes.
Related Terms
prodromal symptoms
salivary gland
parotid gland
Examples of orchitis in the following topics:
Mumps
Painful inflammation of the testicles in mumps in known as
orchitis
.
In teenage males and men, complications from
orchitis
such as infertility or sub-fertility are rare, but present.