different between phimosis vs dialysis

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).

English

Etymology

Dated in the late 16th century C.E.; from Latin dialysis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (diálusis); synchronically, dia- +? -lysis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da??æl?s?s/
• Hyphenation: di?al?y?sis

Noun

dialysis (countable and uncountable, plural dialyses)

1. (chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
2. (medicine) Utilization of this method for removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
3. (rhetoric) The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
4. (rhetoric) Asyndeton.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “dialysis”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Silva Rhetoricae

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (diálusis).

Noun

dialysis f (genitive dialysis or dialyse?s or dialysios); third declension

1. separation

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

References

• dialysis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press