Disease or Syndrome
penile disease
pe·nile dis·ease
Subclass of:
Genital Diseases, Male
Also called:
Penile disorders
Definitions related to penile diseases:
  • (penis disorder) Condition in which there is a deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of the penis.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (penile disorder) A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the penis. Representative examples of non-neoplastic disorders include phimosis, balanitis, and hypospadias. Representative examples of neoplastic disorders include hemangioma, penile intraepithelial neoplasia, and penile carcinoma.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Pathological processes involving the PENIS or its component tissues.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (penis disorders) Problems with the penis can cause pain and affect a man's sexual function and fertility. Penis disorders include Erectile dysfunction - inability to get or keep an erection; Priapism - a painful erection that does not go away; Peyronie's disease - bending of the penis during an erection due to a hard lump called a plaque; Balanitis - inflammation of the skin covering the head of the penis, most often in men and boys who have not been circumcised; Penile cancer - a rare form of cancer, highly curable when caught early .
    MedlinePlus
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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