macropenis
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English
Etymology
Noun
macropenis (plural macropenises)
- (medicine) An abnormally large penis.
- 2001, Desai, Meena P., Vijayalakshmi Bhatia & P.S.N. Menon, Pediatric Endocrine Disorders, page 60:
- Russell-Silver syndrome […] is characterised by IUGR, small triangular facies, hemihypertrophy, clinodactyly, occasionally macropenis with or without precocious puberty, and sometimes GH deficiency.
- 2002, Ronald G. Davidson, PDQ Medical Genetics, page 88:
- Boys develop a macropenis usually by 2 to 3 years of age and undergo premature sexual development with growth of pubic and axillary hair and appearance of adult body odor […]