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)

1. 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, volume 37, number 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.

Synonyms

• induratio penis plastica