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Peyronie's disease
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English
Etymology
Named after the French surgeon François Gigot de la Peyronie (1678–1747).
Pronunciation
en /ˈpɛɹəniːz dɪˈziːz/
Noun
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A connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis, causing abnormal curvature.
en 2015 w:Will Self; ‘Man-Eating Philosophers’ London Review of Books 37 12 Blomqvist is another blogger, poster and all-round cyber-macher, whose right-angled penis (a function of a weird condition known as Peyronie’s disease) has made him – in his own mind at least – a hot erotic property.
Synonyms
en induratio penis plastica
en eponyms
en Pathology