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Definition of Chordee
1. n. A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.
Definition of Chordee
1. Noun. (medicine) an abnormal downward curve to the erect penis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chordee
1. an abnormal downward curvature of the penis [n -S]
Medical Definition of Chordee
1. 1. Painful erection of the penis in gonorrhoea or Peyronie's disease, with curvature resulting from lack of distensibility of the corpus cavernosum urethrae. Synonym: gryposis penis, penis lunatus. 2. Ventral curvature of the penis, most apparent on erection, as seen in hypospadias due to congenital shortness of the ventral skin and, on rare occasions, in patients with a normally situated meatus. Origin: Fr. Corded (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chordee
Literary usage of Chordee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Venereal Disease by John Hunter, Freeman Josiah Bumstead, Ph. Ricord (1859)
"Of the Remaining chordee. Mercurial ointment applied to the part may be of service,
and, ... I have known electricity cure a chordee of long standing. ..."
2. A System of surgery: theoretical and practical v.5 by Timothy Holmes (1871)
"At night, when the sufferer becomes warm in bed, he is ible to attacks of
involuntary erection and chordee. This tter term is applied to that arched or bent ..."
3. The venereal diseases, including stricture of the male urethra by Edward Lawrence Keyes (1881)
"... under Circumstances capable of generating Urethritis — chordee.—Lymphangitis
of the Prepuce.—Spasmodic Stricture.—Breaking the chordee. —-Gleet. ..."
4. A Complete Treatise on the Nature, Symptoms, and Cure of Lues Venerea by Jesse Foot (1820)
"A chordee, from the thickness of the ... gradually go off', at least I never saw
it remain unalterably fixed—I never saw a chordee that time did not cure. ..."
5. A handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1876)
"The acute stage of gonorrhoea may be satisfactorily treated by a drop of tincture
of aconite each hour; and it is even said to remove chordee. ..."
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