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noun (phimoses)
- (medicine) A contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted.
- 1762: "Twill end in a , replied Dr. Slop. " Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 361)
Etymology: From Latin Latin, phimosis, from Greek "muzzling".
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