PENILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penile mean? 

• PENILE (adjective)
  The adjective PENILE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the penis

  Familiarity information: PENILE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENILE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the penis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

penial; penile

Context example:

penile erection

Pertainym:

penis (the male sex organ ('member' is a euphemism))

 Context examples 

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of penile cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Penile Cancer Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

The majority of penile carcinomas are squamous cell carcinomas.

(Penile Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of penile carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 6th edition.

(Penile Carcinoma by AJCC v6 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of penile carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Penile Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of penile cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Penile Cancer Clinical TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of penile cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Penile Cancer Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Penile intraepithelial neoplasia characterized by the proliferation of transformed basaloid cells that occupy the lower one third of the epithelial thickness.

(Low Grade Penile Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual has or had a penile prosthesis.

(Have Penile Prosthesis, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of neoplastic disorders include hemangioma, penile intraepithelial neoplasia, and penile carcinoma.

(Penile Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Mechanisms of alteration include induction or inhibition of blood flow to the corpus cavernosa and nerve stimuli to the penile musculature.

(Penile Erectile Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)