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[[Phimosis]] is the word derived from Greek that denotes the condition of a [[foreskin]] that does not retract.
==Discussion==
The [[foreskin]] evolved over many thousands of years in men and animals to provide protective functions that enhance survival. It provides protection to the penis from [[trauma]] and [[infection]]. It presence prevents [[meatal stenosis]] and [[keratinization]].
Nature provides two means to retraction of the [[foreskin]] during the developmental period. 1) The inner surface of the foreskin is fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a common [[synechia]] to prevent retraction. Forcible retraction will tear the synechia so should be avoided. 2) The tip of the immature foreskin is too narrow to pass over the glans penis, so a second method is provided to prevent retraction. The first person to retract a boy's foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal
|last=Wright
|init=JE
|title=Further to the "Further Fate of the Foreskin"
|journal=Med J Aust
|volume=160
|issue=
|pages=134-135
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/wright2/
|quote=
|pubmedID=8295581
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|date=1994-02-07
|accessdate=2025-10-22
}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Development of retractable foreskin]]
|accessdate=2025-10-22
}}
{{REF}}