clitoral foreskin

English

Noun

clitoral foreskin (plural clitoral foreskins)

  1. (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.
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