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Prostatitis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Inflammation of the prostate gland.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Inflammation of the prostrate.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Inflammation of the prostate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Inflammation of the prostate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever

Word Usage

""When the prostate becomes inflamed or enlarged-and that's called prostatitis, when it does-it clamps down on the urethra" - I narrowed the circle of my fingers - "cutting off the flow of urine."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

rubor inflammation redness

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