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) (medicine) A contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “phimosis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “phimosis”, in Merriam-Webster.com 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 (invariable) (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 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek φίμωσις (phímōsis). === Noun === phimōsis f (genitive phimōsis or phimōseōs or phimōsios); third declension (New Latin, pathology) phimosis ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem). 1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.