epispadias

From Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon, epi-”) +‎ σπάω (spáō, “to draw”) +‎ -ίᾱς (-íās, nominal suffix), related to σπάδων (spádōn, “eunuch”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛp.ɪˈspeɪ.di.əs/
• Rhymes: -eɪdiəs

epispadias (countable and uncountable, plural epispadiases)

1. (anatomy) A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.

• hypospadias

• “epispadias”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Borrowed from French épispadias.

epispadias n (plural epispadiasuri)

1. epispadias

• epispadias in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

• epispadia f

• IPA^(key): /episˈpadjas/ [e.pisˈpa.ð̞jas]
• Rhymes: -adjas
• Syllabification: e‧pis‧pa‧dias

epispadias m (plural epispadias)

1. (medicine) epispadias

epispadias

1. plural of epispadia