[
US
/ˈfoʊɹˌskɪn/
]
[ UK /fˈɔːskɪn/ ]
[ UK /fˈɔːskɪn/ ]
NOUN
- a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
- a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
How To Use foreskin In A Sentence
- Paraphimosis must be distinguished from phimosis, a nonemergency condition in which the foreskin cannot be pulled back.
- And lastly, a tight foreskin is unhygienic and leads to the accumulation of a foul-smelling cheesy material (called smegma) underneath it. Rediff.com
- A guest considers the mohel who will perform the act: He was eighty if he was a day, but he came highly recommended by the temple sisterhood as the foreskin obliterator in town. 2006 November « One-Minute Book Reviews
- Circumcision will prevent several conditions that cause an accumulation of fluid and swelling around the foreskin and glans, as well as a problem known as phimosis, which is the inability to retract the foreskin.
- The foreskin on a penis with hypospadias is also abnormal.
- For example, it would be interesting to determine if smegma, a glandular discharge that collects under the foreskin and lubricates the glans, has spermicidal properties.
- Cells in the foreskin of penis are particularly susceptible to the HI virus, Fauci explained.
- 'By Seth's tattered and festering foreskin, I've not had so much sport since I tupped my first ewe!' River God
- A recent study looking at sensitivity of the penis in the circumcised and uncircumcised male found that the five most sensitive areas on the penis are removed at circumcision, and that the keratinized glans on the circumcised penis is less sensitive than the foreskin-protected, mucosa-lined glans on the uncircumcised penis. Ali A. Rizvi: Male Circumcision and the HIV/AIDS Myth
- The technique your husband is using to restore the protective function of his former foreskin has been practiced for several years.