hypospadias

1. 1.

   an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis

   Broaderabnormality

Other forms of hypospadias

plural

hypospadiases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hypospadias

What does hypospadias mean?

hypospadias means "an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis".

How many syllables are in hypospadias?

hypospadias has 5 syllables: hy-po-spa-di-as. The stress falls on "spa".

Is hypospadias a common word?

hypospadias is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.