Physiological phimosis

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Physiological phimosis is a medical term that is used to designate the normal, healthful, developmental condition of the penis during infancy, boyhood, and adolescence.

Physiological is a word that designates a normal, healthful condition. It opposes the word pathological that designates an abnormal, perhaps diseased condition.

Phimosis is the word derived from Greek that denotes the condition of a foreskin that does not retract.

See also

• Development of retractable foreskin

External links

• Ward K. The Doctors says my child has phimosis!, Your Whole Baby. Retrieved 22 October 2025.