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foreskin

[fawr-skin, fohr-]
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noun
  1. the prepuce of the penis.
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Origin of foreskin

1525–35; fore- + skin; probably on the model of German Vorhaut (Luther); cf. prepuce
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British Dictionary definitions for foreskin

foreskin

noun
  1. anatomy the nontechnical name for prepuce (def. 1) Related adjective: preputial
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Word Origin and History for foreskin

n.

1530s, from fore- + skin (n.). A loan-translation of Latin prepuce.

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foreskin in Medicine

foreskin

(fôr′skĭn′)
n.
  1. The loose fold of skin that covers the glans of the penis.prepuce
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