Prepuce vs Foreskin - What's the difference?
prepuce | foreskin |
(anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the tip (glans) of the penis.
(anatomy) The corresponding part of the clitoris.
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.
Foreskin is a synonym of prepuce.
As nouns the difference between prepuce and foreskin
is that prepuce is the foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the tip (glans) of the penis while foreskin is 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.prepuce
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* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- 1922', Jehovah, collector of '''prepuces , is no more. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
- 1985', But there are a fair number of halfway Jews – you know, those who want God without having to have their '''prepuces torn off to get him. — Anthony Burgess, ''Kingdom of the Wicked
Synonyms
* foreskin * preputium * akroposthion * (part of the clitoris) clitoral hood * See alsoDerived terms
* preputiotomySee also
* circumcise, circumcisionAnagrams
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* (Foreskin) ----foreskin
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Noun
(en noun)- And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. — Genesis 17:14, the Christian Bible.
- In primates, the foreskin is present in the genitalia of both sexes and likely has been present for millions of years of evolution.
- "The foreskin has two main functions. Firstly it exists to protect the glans penis. Secondly the foreskin is a primary sensory part of the penis, containing some of the most sensitive areas of the penis." - The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- The female clitoral hood is homologous with the foreskin .