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Definition of Phimosis

1. Noun. An abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans.

Definition of Phimosis

1. n. A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis.

Definition of Phimosis

1. the abnormal constriction of the opening of the prepuce [n -MOSES] : PHIMOTIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Phimosis

1. A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A muzzling, fr. Muzzle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Phimosis

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1. The Science and art of surgery by John Eric Erichsen (1864)
"In congenital phimosis the skin is usually abundant and lax ; but the mucous lining ... Congenital phimosis especially becomes a source of inconvenience in ..."

2. Urology: Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Diseases of the Male Genital Organs by Edward Loughborough Keyes (1917)
"phimosis is congenital or acquired, simple or inflammatory, or complicated ... phimosis may be brought about secondarily through induration and inelasticity ..."

3. A Treatise on the Venereal Disease by John Hunter, Ph. Ricord, Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1859)
"Of the common Operation for the phimosis produced by Chancres. ... If it is a natural phimosis, without tumefaction, and the chancre is near the orifice of ..."

4. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery by Daniel Drake, Lunsford Pitts Yandell (1840)
"RICORD on the special treatment of phimosis and Para- phimosis. Translated from the French ... phimosis is complete or incomplete, permanent or temporary. ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1849)
"CONGENITAL phimosis is a more common malformation than physicians in ... Of these, twelve were affected with congenital phimosis; and all but two were ..."

6. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1914)
"phimosis phimosis consists of a constriction or narrowing of the preputial orifice, ... phimosis may be productive of various nervous manifestations, ..."

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