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‖ hypospadias Path.|hɪpəʊˈspeɪdɪəs, haɪpəʊ-|
[a. Gr. ὑποσπαδίας (Galen) one affected with hypospadias, app. f. ὑπό hypo- 1 + σπάειν to draw.]
A congenital malformation consisting in a fissure of the lower wall of the male urethra, the result of arrested development.
1855in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1874Van Buren Dis. Genit. Org. 38 Hypospadias consists of an arrest of development of a portion of the lower wall of the urethra. 1884Athenæum 17 May 636/1 He has recorded the occurrence of the malformation termed hypospadias in the males of six successive generations in one family.
Hence hypoˈspadiac, hypoˈspadial, hypoˈspadic adjs., of the nature of, pertaining to, or affected with hypospadias.
1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 464/1 A man affected with hypospadiac malformation of the urethra. Ibid. 699/1 A hypospadiac male. 1874Van Buren Dis. Genit. Org. 38 Lying between a hypospadial opening and the meatus. |