phimosis
IPA: fɪmˈoʊsʌs
noun
- (medicine) A contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted.
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Examples of "phimosis" in Sentences
- Infants do not develop phimosis.
- It was not restricted to phimosis.
- The lead used to mention phimosis.
- One thing it could not be is phimosis.
- No mention is made of pathological phimosis.
- And that some mistake that for true phimosis.
- The true incidence of phimosis is controversial.
- One thing is for certain, it could not be phimosis.
- This physiologic phimosis is often confused with a true phimosis.
- The doctors diagnose the balanitis as phimosis and mutilate the baby.
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