clitoral foreskin

plural clitoral foreskins

1. anatomySynonym of clitoral hood.

   The clitoris increases in size and is brought into closer contact with the clitoral foreskin.

   2013, Ross Morrow, Sex Research and Sex Therapy

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   Often edema of the clitoral foreskin produces a phimosis; we consider this one of the early diagnostic signs of disease.

   1981, Herman L. Gardner, Raymond H. Kaufman, Benign Diseases of the Vulva and Vagina

   About 80 years ago in the U.S., many doctors advocated circumcision of the female clitoral foreskin for reasons identical to the reasons for advocating male circumcision [...]

   1985, Anne K. Briggs, Circumcision: What Every Parent Should Know

   [...] the condition gave rise to smegma or other secretion accumulating between the clitoris and the clitoral foreskin, causing “inflammation, itching and nervous irritation.

   2014, Sarah B. Rodriguez, Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States

   Synonyms: clitoral hood