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Phimosis
Medical Definition: | The inability to retract the foreskin over the glans penis due to tightness of the prepuce. |
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Paraphimosis - Retraction of phimotic foreskin, causing a painful swelling of the glans that, if severe, may cause dry gangrene unless corrected. (Dorland, 27th ed) |
Phimosis Medical Definitions and Terms
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