phimosis

From Ancient Greek φίμωσις (phímōsis, “muzzling; contraction of the prepuce”), from φῑμόω (phīmóō, “to muzzle”) +‎ -σις (-sis, nominal suffix).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fʌɪˈməʊ.sɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /faɪˈmoʊ.sɪs/

phimosis (countable and uncountable, plural phimoses)

1. (medicine) A contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted.
   • 1762, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin, published 2003, page 361:

     ’Twill end in a phimosis, replied Dr. Slop.

• phimosiectomy

• “phimosis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “phimosis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From Ancient Greek φίμωσις (phímōsis, “muzzling”).

• IPA^(key): /fi.mo.zis/

phimosis m (plural phimosis)

1. (medicine) phimosis

• Jacques Quevauvilliers, Dictionnaire médical, Elsevier Masson, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 5th ed., 2007, →ISBN

• “phimosis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.