lipodermos
lipodermos noun: lacking prepuce.
Noun
lipodermos (plural lipodermoses)
- Lacking prepuce.
- As we have seen, a mutually reinforcing synthesis between preexisting Greek cultural views of the prepuce and Greek reactions to the anti-preputial practices of certain Near Eastern peoples who had been incorporated into the Seleucid and Roman empires converges in a single medical concept...2001, Frederick J. Hodges in [The Ideal Prepuce in Ancient Greece and Rome]
- For these physicians, lacking a complete prepuce whether artificially by circumcision or congenitally is the primary symptom of a pathological condition they called lipodermos. They devise treatments to restore the imperfect penis2016, J. Paul Sampley, Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook: Volume I, page 120 (reprinted 2020 by Troy Martin in Theology and Practice in Early Christianity, page 44)
Forms of lipodermos
| plural | lipodermoses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | leipodermos |
| alternative form | leipodermus |
| alternative form | lypoderma |
Origin of lipodermos
lipo- plus dermos (lacking + skin) derived from Greek terms λιποδερμος or λειποδερμος
Questions about lipodermos
- What does lipodermos mean?
- Lipodermos means lacking prepuce.
- What part of speech is lipodermos?
- Lipodermos is a noun.
- What is the plural of lipodermos?
- The plural of lipodermos is lipodermoses.
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