clitoral foreskin
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]clitoral foreskin (plural clitoral foreskins)
- (anatomy) Synonym of clitoral hood
- 1981, Herman L. Gardner, Raymond H. Kaufman, Benign Diseases of the Vulva and Vagina:
- Often edema of the clitoral foreskin produces a phimosis; we consider this one of the early diagnostic signs of disease.
- 1985, Anne K. Briggs, Circumcision: What Every Parent Should Know:
- About 80 years ago in the U.S., many doctors advocated circumcision of the female clitoral foreskin for reasons identical to the reasons for advocating male circumcision [...]
- 2013, Ross Morrow, Sex Research and Sex Therapy:
- The clitoris increases in size and is brought into closer contact with the clitoral foreskin.
- 2014, Sarah B. Rodriguez, Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States:
- [...] the condition gave rise to smegma or other secretion accumulating between the clitoris and the clitoral foreskin, causing “inflammation, itching and nervous irritation.