posthitis Path.
(pɒsˈθaɪtɪs)
[mod.L., f. Gr. πόσθη prepuce: see -itis.]
(See quots.)
| 1842 Dunglison Med. Lex., Posthitis, inflammation of the prepuce. 1861 Bumstead Ven. Dis. (1879) 97 If the disease be confined..to the membrane covering the glans, it should, strictly speaking, be called balanitis; if to the internal surface of the prepuce, posthitis. |