hypospadias
/ˌhaɪ.pəˈspeɪ.di.əs/noun
hypospadias is a noun meaning “A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-O-S-P-A-D-I-A-S and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 23 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hypospadias is hypospadiases.
What does hypospadias mean?
noun
- 1
A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hypospadias?
- UK /ˌhʌɪ.pəʊˈspeɪ.di.əs/
- US /ˌhaɪ.pəˈspeɪ.di.əs/
Hypospadias has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hypospadias
- hypospadiases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hypospadias?
Hypospadias appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hypospadias in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense birth defect of the male urethra:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | hipospadias |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hypospadias come from?
From Ancient Greek ὑποσπαδίᾱς (hupospadíās, “one who has the orifice of the urethra too low”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).