foreskin
The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the…The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals.
» There was smegma under his foreskin.
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1 sensesThe nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals.
In the female genitalia, the clitoral hood is homologous to the foreskin.
Vorhaut, Präputium
кра́йняя плотьkrájnjaja plotʹ, препу́цийprepúcij
кра́йня пло́тьkrájnja plótʹ, препу́ційprepúcij
a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
Examples
6 sentencesThere was smegma under his foreskin.
Pull the foreskin back before putting on the condom.
ruОттяните крайнюю плоть, перед тем как надевать презерватив. — corvard
The glans (head of the penis) is covered with loose skin called the foreskin.
I like my foreskin.
Aposthia is a rare congenital condition in human males; the penile foreskin is naturally missing.
Translations
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Origin
From fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. FirstFrom fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First attested in c. 1535.
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