PROSTATITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prostatitis mean? 

• PROSTATITIS (noun)
  The noun PROSTATITIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PROSTATITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROSTATITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("prostatitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

Also called chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

(CP/CPPS, NCI Dictionary)

A synthetic pyridine derivative anesthetic, Phenazopyridine is used as a local anesthetic in urinary tract disorders to relieve pain of lower urinary-tract irritation, as in cystitis, urethritis or prostatitis.

(Phenazopyridine, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include prostatitis, balanitis, phimosis, endometriosis, and pelvic inflammatory disease.

(Non-Neoplastic Reproductive System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)