- foreskin
- The loose skin that covers the head of the penis.
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Foreskin — Fore skin, n. (Anat.) The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foreskin — (n.) 1530s, from FORE (Cf. fore ) + SKIN (Cf. skin) (n.). A loan translation of L. prepuce … Etymology dictionary
foreskin — ► NOUN ▪ the retractable roll of skin covering the end of the penis … English terms dictionary
foreskin — [fôr′skin΄] n. the fold of skin that covers the glans of the penis; prepuce: in circumcision it is completely or partly removed … English World dictionary
Foreskin — Infobox Anatomy Name = Foreskin Latin = prepucium, præputium GraySubject = 262 GrayPage = 1250 Caption = A penis with the foreskin covering the glans. Caption2 = Width = 150 Precursor = Genital tubercle, Urogenital folds System = Artery = Dorsal… … Wikipedia
Foreskin — The fold of skin which covers the head (the glans) of the penis. Also called the prepuce. Only about 1 in every 20 boys is born with a retractable foreskin. This reflects the fact that the histologic (tissue) development of the foreskin is… … Medical dictionary
foreskin — Ili ōmaka, ōmaka, olomua. ♦ Foreskin cut off in circumcision, olomu o. ♦ Uncircumcised foreskin, puhi. ♦ Slipped back, of foreskin, pohole … English-Hawaiian dictionary
foreskin — UK [ˈfɔː(r)ˌskɪn] / US [ˈfɔrˌskɪn] noun [countable] Word forms foreskin : singular foreskin plural foreskins the loose skin that covers the end part of a man s penis if he has not had the skin removed in an operation called a circumcision … English dictionary
foreskin — noun /ˈfɔːskɪn/ The retractable fold of skin encompassing the most nerve dense tissue in the human male, which naturally covers and protects the head of the penis. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised,… … Wiktionary
foreskin — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)skɪn[/t]] foreskins N VAR A man s foreskin is the skin that covers the end of his penis … English dictionary
Foreskin restoration — is the process of expanding the residual skin on the penis, via surgical or non surgical methods. It can be performed for several reasons, among them being a desire to create the appearance of a natural foreskin (prepuce) covering the glans penis … Wikipedia
