PHIMOSIS


Meaning of PHIMOSIS in English

— phimotic /fuy mot"ik, fi-/ , adj.

/fuy moh"sis, fi-/ , n. , pl. phimoses /-seez/ . Pathol.

1. constriction of the orifice of the prepuce so as to prevent the foreskin from being drawn back to uncover the glans penis.

2. a similar condition involving the clitoris.

3. narrowness of the vagina.

[ 1665-75; phimosis phimósis lit., a muzzling, equiv. to phimo-, verbid s. of phimoûn to muzzle + -sis -SIS ]

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