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Webster 1913 Edition


Chordee

Chor-dee′

,
Noun.
[F.
cordé
,
cordée
, p. p. of
corder
to cord.]
(Med.)
A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chordee

CHORDEE

,
Noun.
[See Chord.] In medicine and surgery, an inflammatory or spasmodic contraction of the fraenum, attending gonorrhea and accompanied with pain.

Definition 2024


chordee

chordee

English

Noun

chordee (plural chordees)

  1. (medicine) an abnormal downward curve to the erect ****
    • 1963: Enderby, blinking and squinting, noting that he had slept with his teeth in, wondering where he had put his contact lenses, was emboldened by morning chordee to say, ‘Oughtn’t you to come back to bed for a while?’ — Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr Enderby

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