phimosis

/fahy-moh-sis, fi-/US // faɪˈmoʊ sɪs, fɪ- //UK // (faɪˈməʊsɪs) //

包皮过长,包皮龟头炎,包皮龟裂,包皮过长症

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural phi·mo·ses [fahy-moh-seez, fi-]. /faɪˈmoʊ siz, fɪ-/. Pathology.
- : constriction of the orifice of the prepuce so as to prevent the foreskin from being drawn back to uncover the glans penis.
- : a similar condition involving the clitoris.
- : narrowness of the vagina.

Soft sores are often complicated by phimosis and balanitis, and they frequently lead to infection of the glands in the groin.
All cases of phimosis should be operated upon in infancy, by complete or partial circumcision.
Phimosis, or narrowness of the opening of the prepuce is nearly always of embryonic origin.
A remedy which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision, especially when there is any degree of phimosis.
Phimosis is an ancient attendant on our inheritance of the prepuce, we being, in fact, born with it; this is the rule.