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Hypospadias

Hypospadias is a relatively common abnormality in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside, rather than at tip of the penis.

Reviewed last on: 12/31/2007
Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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