foreskin

Definition

The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals.

Etymology

From fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First attested in c. 1535.

Example Sentences

• "In the female genitalia, the clitoral hood is homologous to the foreskin."
• "And the vncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskinne is not circumcised, that soule shall be cut off from his people: hee hath broken my couenant."
• "In primates, the foreskin is present in the genitalia of both sexes and likely has been present for millions of years of evolution."

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