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sɪs, fɪ- noun, plural phi·mo·ses 
[-seez] . Pathology.
[-seez] . Pathology. 1.
constriction of the orifice of the prepuce so as to prevent the foreskin from being drawn back to uncover the glans penis.
2.
a similar condition involving the clitoris.
3.
narrowness of the vagina.
Origin:
1665–75; < Neo-Latin phīmōsis < Greek phīmṓsis literally, a muzzling, equivalent to phīmō-, verbid stem of phīmoûn to muzzle + -sis -sis
1665–75; < Neo-Latin phīmōsis < Greek phīmṓsis literally, a muzzling, equivalent to phīmō-, verbid stem of phīmoûn to muzzle + -sis -sis
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| —n | |
| abnormal tightness of the foreskin, preventing its being retracted over the tip of the penis | |
| [C17: via New Latin from Greek: a muzzling, from phimos a muzzle] | |
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phimosis phi·mo·sis (fī-mō'sĭs, fĭ-)
n. pl. phi·mo·ses (-sēz)
An abnormal constriction of the foreskin that prevents it from being drawn back to uncover the glans penis.
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