penile foreskin

English

Noun

penile foreskin (plural penile foreskins)

1. (anatomy) The male foreskin.

   Synonym: praeputium penis

   • 1996, Joan H. Rollins, Women's Minds/women's Bodies:

     The clitoris and the penis, so also the clitoral hood and the penile foreskin, develop from a single set of precursors.

   • 2006, Eric Kline Silverman, From Abraham to America, page 28:

     The penile foreskin, especially to the rabbis, is a similar gift to God

   • 2022, Ezio Di Nucci, Ji-Young Lee, Isaac A. Wagner, The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics, page 303:

     Here we are talking about the penile foreskin, but the same argument applies to the clitoral foreskin or labia.

Related terms

• clitoral foreskin