Pār'a-phī-mō'sis, n.

n. [Gr. παραφίμωσις, from παρα-, beside, beyond, and φιμόω, to muzzle, φίμωσις, a muzzling, shutting, or stopping up.] (Med.) Strangulation of the glans penis, owing to the opening of the prepuce being too small to allow it to be drawn from behind it.