glans

[ glanz ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural glan·des [glan, -deez].

1. the glans penis or the glans clitoris.

glans

/ ɡlænz /

noun

1. anatomy any small rounded body or glandlike mass, such as the head of the penis ( glans penis )

Word History and Origins

Origin of glans¹

First recorded in 1640–50; from Latin glāns literally, “acorn, beechmast”; akin to Greek bálanos

Word History and Origins

Origin of glans¹

C17: from Latin: acorn; see gland ¹

Example Sentences

And as the glans of man are the seat of the greatest pleasure in copulation, so is this in the woman.

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I have seen similar perforations in the parietes of a few specimens of A. glans.

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The animal's body was in a bad state of preservation; but, as far as I could make out, the cirri resembled those of A. glans.

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It is most marked in chancres situated in the furrow between the glans and the prepuce.

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Juglans is from Jovis, signifying Jove's, and glans, signifying acorn.

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