different between foreskin vs phimosis

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

From Ancient Greek ??????? (phím?sis, “muzzling; contraction of the prepuce”), from ????? (ph?mó?, “to muzzle”) +? -??? (-sis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f???m??.s?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fa??mo?.s?s/

Noun

phimosis (countable and uncountable, plural phimoses)

1. (medicine) A contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted.
   • 1762, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin 2003, p. 361:

     ’Twill end in a phimosis, replied Dr. Slop.

Derived terms

• phimosiectomy

Translations

References

• “phimosis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “phimosis”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (phím?sis, “muzzling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.mo.zis/

Noun

phimosis m (plural phimosis)

1. (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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).