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Meatus vs Hypospadias - What's the difference?

meatus | hypospadias |

As nouns the difference between meatus and hypospadias

is that meatus is a tubular opening or passage in the body while hypospadias is a birth defect of the male urethra that involves an abnormally placed urinary meatus.

meatus

English

(wikipedia meatus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A tubular opening or passage in the body.
    • The urinary meatus is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females.
  • English plurals

    • Derived terms

    * meatal * meatometer * meatoscope * meatotomy

    See also

    * ear canal * foramen

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    hypospadias

    English

    (wikipedia hypospadias)

    Noun

  • (medicine) A birth defect of the male urethra that involves an abnormally placed urinary meatus.