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
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