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phimoses

phimoses is the plural of phimosis.

Meaning of phimosis

Noun

phimosis (countable and uncountable, plural phimoses)

  1. A contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted.
    • ’Twill end in a phimosis, replied Dr. Slop.1762, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin, published 2003, page 361

Questions about phimoses

What is phimoses the plural of?
Phimoses is the plural of phimosis.

Words near phimoses in the dictionary

  1. Philturn
  2. Philyaw
  3. philydraceous
  4. Philyra
  5. phimosed
  6. phimoses
  7. phimosiectomies
  8. phimosiectomy
  9. phimosis
  10. phimotic
  11. phin

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