PHIMOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phimosis mean? 

• PHIMOSIS (noun)
  The noun PHIMOSIS has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans

  Familiarity information: PHIMOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHIMOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("phimosis" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

 Context examples 

Phimosis that is present since birth.

(Congenital Phimosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Risk factors include phimosis and human papillomavirus infection.

(Penile Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include phimosis, balanitis, and hypospadias.

(Penile Non-Neoplastic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of non-neoplastic disorders include phimosis, balanitis, and hypospadias.

(Penile Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include prostatitis, balanitis, phimosis, endometriosis, and pelvic inflammatory disease.

(Non-Neoplastic Reproductive System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)