congenital narrowing of the prepuce opening that prevents it from being drawn back over the glans penis. It can be corrected with circumcision. If the glans penis becomes strangulated to produce an emergency situation, the condition is often termed paraphimosis.
A condition in which the foreskin is too tight. If ballooning of the foreskin occurs during urination at any age then a phimosis exists. The foreskin of an infant may be bonded to the glans by adhesions and thus inability to retract the foreskin in boys under 5 years old is not in itself an indication of phimosis. In the older child and teenager or adult, phimosis is present if the foreskin cannot be freely, easily and painlessly retracted to uncover the whole glans and coronal sulcus both when flaccid and when erect. The only sure and reliable cure for phimosis is circumcision.
A condition whereby the foreskin of the penis is too tight. See the entire definition of Phimosis
A condition in which the foreskin of the penis becomes constricted and difficult to retract.
a constriction of the opening of the foreskin so that it cannot be drawn back over the tip of the penis.
A condition in which the foreskin is so tight against the glans that it cannot be pulled back and must be corrected surgically.
A tight foreskin. Some foreskins can be tight throughout childhood and may not loosen until puberty is fully established.
Excessive tightness of the foreskin of the penis.
Phimosis is a medical condition in which the foreskin of the penis of an uncircumcised male cannot be fully retracted. The word derives from the Greek phimos (, "muzzle"). The term is confusing because it is used to denote both a physiological stage of development (i.e. not a disease), and a pathological condition (i.e. a condition that causes problems for a person).