penile foreskin

noun

The male foreskin.

Meanings

nounpenile foreskin (plural penile foreskins)

plural penile foreskins

  1. anatomyThe male foreskin.

    The penile foreskin, especially to the rabbis, is a similar gift to God

    2006, Eric Kline Silverman, From Abraham to America, page 28
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    The clitoris and the penis, so also the clitoral hood and the penile foreskin, develop from a single set of precursors.

    1996, Joan H. Rollins, Women's Minds/women's Bodies

    Here we are talking about the penile foreskin, but the same argument applies to the clitoral foreskin or labia.

    2022, Ezio Di Nucci, Ji-Young Lee, Isaac A. Wagner, The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics, page 303

    Synonyms: praeputium penis

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe male foreskin.

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