Phimosis vs Phimoses - What's the difference?
phimosis | phimoses |
(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:
As nouns the difference between phimosis and phimoses
is that phimosis is (medicine) a contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted while phimoses is .phimosis
English
(wikipedia phimosis)Noun
(phimoses)- ’Twill end in a phimosis'' , replied Dr. ''Slop .
