Associations to the word «Phimosis»

Wiktionary

PHIMOSIS, noun. (medicine) A contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted.

Dictionary definition

PHIMOSIS, noun. An abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne