Peyronie's disease
English
Etymology
Named after the French surgeon François Gigot de la Peyronie (1678–1747).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹəniːz dɪˈziːz/
Noun
Peyronie's disease (uncountable)
- A connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis, causing abnormal curvature.
- 2015, Will Self, ‘Man-Eating Philosophers’, London Review of Books, vol. 37, no. 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.
- 2015, Will Self, ‘Man-Eating Philosophers’, London Review of Books, vol. 37, no. 12:
Synonyms
- induratio penis plastica