different between foreskin vs paraphimosis

English

Etymology

fore- +? skin

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??sk?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??sk?n/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?fo(?)?sk?n/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?fo?sk?n/
• Hyphenation: fore?skin

Noun

foreskin (plural foreskins)

1. The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other animals.
   • 2010, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Circumcision of infant males

Synonyms

• prepuce
• See also Thesaurus:foreskin

Translations

Verb

foreskin (third-person singular simple present foreskins, present participle foreskinning, simple past and past participle foreskinned)

1. To remove the foreskin
2. To sexually stimulate by manipulating the foreskin.

See also

• circumcise, circumcision

Further reading

• foreskin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

para- +? phimosis

Noun

paraphimosis (countable and uncountable, plural paraphimoses)

1. A medical condition where the foreskin becomes trapped behind the glans.

Derived terms

• paraphimotic

Translations