orchidalgia

9.9

Pain in the testicles

noun
/ɔrˈkɪdˌæl.dʒə/

Specialized

: orchidalgia

The patient complained of severe orchidalgia following the injury.

Examples

Doctors ruled out infection as a cause of his persistent orchidalgia.
Many men suffer from orchidalgia at some point in their lives.
Chronic orchidalgia may require specialist evaluation and treatment.
He experienced severe orchidalgia after the injury.
Many men suffer from orchidalgia at some point in their lives.
The patient complained of severe orchidalgia following the injury.
Doctors ruled out infection as a cause of his persistent orchidalgia.

Synonyms

orchiodynia

vsorchidalgia

Specialized

9.9

Pain in one or both testicles

is the same pain but described as affecting the organs collectively

How Painful

agony

139 3.9

pain

∞ 1.0

orchidalgia

Specialized

9.9

ache

86 1.3

discomfort

118 3.2

Surface Forms

orchidalgia singular

orchidalgias plural

Morphology

orchidalgia = orchid (opaque) = orchid + algia

Although built from Greek combining forms, the medical sense 'testicular pain' is specialized and the common noun 'orchid' (flower) is misleading for learners.

Etymology

The word orchidalgia comes from the Greek root orchis, which means 'testicle', and -algia, which means 'pain'. The same orchis root is in the flower name orchid because the plant's bulbs looked like testicles, so orchidalgia literally means 'pain in the testes'.