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Foreskin


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    • Prepuce (Penis)

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    • found: Work cat.: Cut/uncut : true gay experiences of foreskin and circumcision, Volume 1, 1986.
    • found: Berkeley, B. Foreskin : its past, its present & --its future?, c1983.
    • found: 93202483: Griffin, G.M. Decircumcision : circumcision practices & foreskin restoration methods, c1991.
    • found: Foreskin quarterly, winter 1984.
    • found: Circumcision : surgical removal of the foreskin from the tip of the penis, 2000(Every male is born with a covering of skin over the sensitive end of the penis. This covering is called foreskin. For some people, circumcision is a religious ritual. For others, it is a cultural preference. The procedure began as a way to help prevent disease by making the penis easier to clean. Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin from the head (tip) of the penis. This leaves the end of the penis exposed.)
    • found: MeSH browser, Sept. 21, 2012(Foreskin. Scope Note: The double-layered skin fold that covers the glans penis, the head of the penis. In MeSH Tree Structures under Penis)
    • found: Miller-Keane encyclopedia and dictionary of medicine, nursing, and allied health, ©2003, via TheFreeDictionary website, Sept. 21, 2012(foreskin: a loose fold of skin that covers the glans penis; it is a continuation of the loose skin that covers the entire penis and scrotum. Its removal is called circumcision. Called also prepuce.)
    • found: Mosby's medical dictionary, ©2009, via TheFreeDictionary website, Sept. 21, 2012(foreskin: a loose fold of skin that covers the end of the penis or clitoris. Its removal constitutes circumcision. Also called prepuce)
    • found: Segen's medical dictionary, ©2012, via TheFreeDictionary website, Sept. 21, 2012(foreskin: The fleshy mucocutaneous tissue that covers an uncircumcised penis)
    • found: Dorland's medical dictionary for health consumers, ©2007, via TheFreeDictionary website, Sept. 21, 2012(prepuce of clitoris: a fold capping the clitoris, formed by union of the labia minora and the clitoris; prepuce of penis: foreskin; the fold of skin covering the glans penis)
    • found: Merriam-Webster online dictionary, Sept. 21, 2012(foreskin: a fold of skin that covers the glans of the penis; called also prepuce)
    • found: Dictionary.com, Sept. 21, 2012(foreskin: the prepuce of the penis; prepuce: 1. the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin. 2. a similar covering of the clitoris.)
    • found: Collins English dictionary - complete & unabridged, via Dictionary.com, Sept. 21, 2012(foreskin: the nontechnical name for prepuce; prepuce: 1. Nontechnical name: foreskin - the retractable fold of skin covering the tip of the penis 2. a similar fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris)
    • found: Wikipedia, Sept. 21, 2012(In male human anatomy, the foreskin is a generally retractable double-layered fold of skin and mucous membrane that covers the glans penis and protects the urinary meatus when the penis is not erect. It is also described as the prepuce, a technically broader term that also includes the clitoral hood in women, to which the foreskin is embryonically homologous. Latin: prepucium, præputium)

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