phimosis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• phimosiectomy

Translations

contraction of the foreskin

• Catalan: fimosi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包莖／包茎 (zh) (bāojīng)

• Czech: fimóza f
• Dutch: voorhuidsvernauwing f
• Esperanto: fimozo
• Faroese: likkutútur m
• Finnish: fimoosi (fi)
• French: phimosis (fr)
• German: Phimose (de) f, Vorhautverengung f
• Greek:

  Ancient: φίμωσις f (phímōsis)

• Hungarian: fitymaszűkület (hu)
• Indonesian: fimosis (id)
• Italian: fimosi (it) f
• Japanese: 包茎 (ja) (ほうけい, hōkei)
• Latin: phimosis
• Polish: stulejka (pl) f
• Portuguese: fimose f
• Russian: фимо́з (ru) m (fimóz)
• Spanish: fimosis (es) f

References

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

French

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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.