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Paraphimosis is defined as inability to replace the retracted prepuce. If phimosis is inability to retract the foreskin over the glans, paraphimosis is the reverse of it. The word paraphimosis is derived from two Greek words, ‘para’ (meaning ‘beyond’ or ‘resembling’) and ‘phimosis’ (meaning ‘muzzling’ or ‘restriction’). Occasionally it is also spelt as ‘paraphymosis’, as the Greek word phyma (meaning swelling) refers to the characteristic preputial swelling of this condition [1, 2]. Colloquially it is referred to as ‘nuptial night tragedy’ because it is common among newlywed males who, in exited state, indulge in hasty penetrative intercourse without being aware of their pre-existing phimosis. Scientific literature on paraphimosis is largely anecdotal, most of them being restricted to isolated case series and there are hardly any randomized controlled studies [3–6].

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Raveenthiran, V. (2020). Paraphimosis. In: Normal and Abnormal Prepuce. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37621-5_19

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