different between phimosis vs prepuce

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

Alternative forms

• præpuce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English prepuce, prepuse, from Old French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Latin praep?tium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- (“fore-”) + Old Latin p?tos (“penis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i?pju?s/

Noun

prepuce (plural prepuces)

1. (anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.
2. (anatomy) The clitoral hood

Synonyms

• foreskin
• preputium
• akroposthion
• (part of the clitoris): clitoral hood
• See also Thesaurus:foreskin

Derived terms

• Holy Prepuce (Holy Foreskin)
• prepuceless
• preputial
• preputiotomy

Translations

See also

• circumcision

Further reading

• Prepuce on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Foreskin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clitoral hood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• creep up

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeputium.

Noun

prepuce m (plural prepuces)

1. foreskin

Descendants

• French: prépuce