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Meaning of PHIMOSIS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans
 
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 See Also: abnormal condition, abnormalcy, abnormality

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Phi*mo"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a muzzling, fr. ?
muzzle.] (Med.)
A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be
drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Phimosis is the narrowing of the opening of the foreskin of the penis.
 

 

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