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countable and uncountable, plural hypospadiases
(anatomy) A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis. quotations examples
This condition, hypospadias, may be examined ad stuporem in the hundreds of photographs of Hugh Hampton Young's pioneering text, Genital Abnormalities, Hermaphroditism, and Related Adrenal Diseases (1937).
1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
At the same time, they corrected Jack’s hypospadias, a condition that meant his urethra opened at the base of his penis, moving it further up so he could pee more like a boy.
2016 July 2, Jenny Kleeman, The Guardian