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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009920
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009920
Preferred Name

Orchitis

Definitions
Inflammation of a TESTIS. It has many features of EPIDIDYMITIS, such as swollen SCROTUM; PAIN; PYURIA; and FEVER. It is usually related to infections in the URINARY TRACT, which likely spread to the EPIDIDYMIS and then the TESTIS through either the VAS DEFERENS or the lymphatics of the SPERMATIC CORD.
Synonyms
Orchitides
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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