phimosis

Etymology

From Latin phimosis, from Ancient Greek φίμωσις (phímōsis, “muzzling”), from φῑμός (phīmós, “muzzle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faɪˈməʊsɪs/

Noun

phimosis (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 2003, p. 361:

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.mo.zis/

Noun

phimosis m (plural phimosis)

1. (medicine) phimosis

References

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

Further reading

• “phimosis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).