Noun: phimosis
| Singular | phimosis |
| Plural | phimoses |
Sample Sentences
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’Twill end in a phimosis, replied Dr. Slop. [1762, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin, published 2003, page 361:]
Nouns inflected like phimosis
mythopoiesis,
ketoacidosis,
carcinomatosis,
macropinocytosis,
syrtis,
glomerulosclerosis,
anagenesis,
cryptanalysis,
sepsis,
subhypothesis,
neurotoxocariasis,
dysmorphosis,
preexapophysis,
neurolipidosis,
diegesis,
chocolate nemesis,
carcinogenesis,
eccyesis,
qualitative analysis,
epicranial aponeurosis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φίμωσις (phímōsis, “muzzling; contraction of the prepuce”), from φῑμόω (phīmóō, “to muzzle”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
φίμωσις'.
Verbs referencing "phimosis"
Finnish Nouns
fimoosi.