balano-, balan- +

(Greek: acorn)

By extension, it is used in medicine and refers to the "glans penis" or to the "glans clitoridis".

balaniferous

Bearing or producing acorns.

balanite

1. A fossil balanoid (like an acorn) shell.
2. A fossil shell of the genus Balanus.

balanitis

Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis.

Inflammation of the foreskin is called posthitis. In the uncircumcised male, balanitis and posthitis generally occur together as balanoposthitis: inflammation of both the glans and foreskin.

balanoid

Resembling an acorn; applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns.

balanoplasty

Plastic surgery of the glans penis.

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(Greek: acorn)

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